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In firing his gun, John Brown has merely told what time of day it is. It is high noon.
William Lloyd Garrison
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William Lloyd Garrison
Age: 73 †
Born: 1805
Born: December 12
Died: 1879
Died: May 24
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Newburyport
Massachusetts
William L. Garrison
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