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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 15: the Personal Liberty Law.—1855. (search)
:[6]. as they call themselves, are a sui generis kind of abolitionist—a mongrel character, like Aunt Ophelia in Uncle Tom's Cabin. They are desperately opposed to slavery entering here—and why? Because they don't want the niggers about them. . . . Now I feel quite certain that the very people who will vote against the introduction of slavery will also vote for a Black Law. For confirmation of this, note the action of the convention which formed a free-State Constitution at Topeka in October, 1855. An article instructing the first General Assembly to exclude free people of color from the Territory was not, indeed, incorporated in that instrument, but was left to be voted on separately at the time of the general adoption (Lib. 25: 191). Exclusion was desired by the Big Springs Convention which preceded that at Topeka (Lib. 25: 155, [160]). The popular vote was to that effect (Lib. 26: 69; 28: 47). The Constitution legalized slavery till July 4, 1857 (Lib. 26: 69, 70). One could ha