William Lloyd Garrison, a Massachusetts anti-slavery agitator, publishes the first issue of the Liberator: “I am in earnest—I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch—AND I WILL BE HEARD.”
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Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article I of Amendment
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 100.