Eulogy of Henry Clay
On the fourth day of July, 1776, the people of a few feeble and oppressed colonies of Great Britain, inhabiting a portion of the Atlantic coast of North America, publicly […]
Truisms
1. All men are born equal, and entitled to protection, excepting those whose skins are black and hair woolly; or, to prevent mistake, excepting Africans, and their descendants. 2. If […]
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison to the Public (1831)
Source: Garrison, William Lloyd. “To The Public,” in The Words of Garrison: A Centennial Selection (1805-1905) of Characteristic Sentiments from the Writings of William Lloyd Garrison; with a Biographical Sketch, […]
The American Union
Tyrants of the old world! contemners of the rights of man! disbelievers in human freedom and equality! enemies of mankind! console not yourselves with the delusion, that REPUBLICANISM and the […]
Southern Desperation
The election of the Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln, to the Presidency of the United States, has operated upon the whole slaveholding South in a manner indicative of the torments of […]
John Brown and the Principle of Nonresistance
A word upon the subject of Peace. I am a non-resistant–a believer in the inviolability of human life, under all circumstances; I, therefore, in the name of God, disarm John […]
Dred Scott and Disunion
We are here to enter our indignant protest against the Dred Scott decision-against the infamous Fugitive Slave Law-against all unjust and oppressive enactments, with reference to complexional distinctions-against the alarming […]
Disunion
We are asked, “How is the dissolution of the Union to be effected? Give us your plan!” My answer is, whenever THE PEOPLE are ready for Disunion, they will easily […]
American Anti-Slavery Society, Declaration of Sentiments
Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Convention, Selections from the Writings of W. L. Garrison (Boston:1852), 66–71. The Convention assembled in the city of Philadelphia, to organize a National […]
Declaration of Sentiments Adopted by the Peace Convention
ASSEMBLED in Convention, from various sections of the American Union, for the promotion of peace on earth and good-will among men, we, the undersigned, regard it as due to ourselves, […]