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William Lloyd Garrison's Conception Of The Race
William Lloyd Garrison was a popular American abolitionist, an activist for civil suffrage liberties, societal reformer, and a celebrated correspondent. He edited The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper, which he jointly established with Isaac Knapp. Abolitionists, including Garrison, pushed for the liberation of slaves. However, Garrison and other liberators believed that this goal was justifiable. Garrison and his colleagues believed that all people were equal and if given the opportunity could prove this. Therefore, he and other liberators changed the conception of the race by presenting black Americans as persons who were entitled to independence, high-quality life, and equal

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