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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1, Chapter 9: organization: New-England Anti-slavery Society.—Thoughts on colonization.—1832. (search)
success in the agitation which ended in the abolition of slavery by civil war. I look upon the overthrow of the Colonization Society as the overthrow of slavery itself—they both stand or fall together. So wrote Mr. Garrison to Henry Benson, July 21, 1832, adding: Thus far my Thoughts on African Colonization have been noticed by various newspapers and literary magazines in terms of high approbation; and I am gratified to find that they make a powerful impression wherever they are perused. TheI earnestly desire to prosecute it,) I shall aim first at the great cities, and thus have the pleasure of seeing my Philadelphia friends in the course of a few months. I can leave the Liberator in excellent hands. To Henry Egbert Benson, July 21, 1832: Start, if you can, an auxiliary Anti-Slavery Society in Ms. Providence. And why may you not? There are at least friends Brewer, Chace, your brother and yourself, all seeing, thinking, acting alike. You need no more to begin with.