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What is life or rest to me so long as I have a commission direct from God Almighty to act against slavery

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Title from item.Date supplied by cataloger.John BrownGift, family of William Lloyd Garrison, April 1, 1899.
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  1. Antislavery Movements
  2. Boston
  3. Boston (Mass.)
  4. History
  5. Massachusetts
  6. Slaver
  7. Slavery
  8. United States

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