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Poetry: Universal Emancipation

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Parent Issue
Day
2
Month
June
Year
1845
Copyright
Public Domain
Additional Text

Excerpted from William Lloyd Garrison's poem "Universal Emancipation," first published in the January 1, 1831 issue of the antislavery newspaper The Liberator.

Poem
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{Lƒ" Garri8on is not oniy rt wriler o( iei powir of invective, btit is niso a poe; ol' come tiicrit. llore are tvvu sümzas írom. a poem ol lúe eiUiiHfl U:lVERSALEMANCiPATION. Thougl) tlisíant be the huur, 3 et come it mus! - Olí! basten it, in-nierey, rigíiteoiis Heaycn! When Afric's sons, iipriÉing frn;n tlic dtist, Shaíl ftnr.d ercci - tiieir gallina feltt-r'j riven; WliPii frnm his tiirone Oppression slml! Intimen, An exiled inoueter, powerless throuvh n!l timp; When freedom - gloriüiis frecdotn, bliuü hr gwen Tó fiverv race, complexión, enste, BiitjcÜmc. AoJ 10'auj re s sabio huc í-ijall cease o be enmeí ƒ btíc : ní;í 9rrKI Wo if it come with atornn, and UIíoíI, n! Whc m(liiirht darJ{iess Üie earili rtlid fKVÍ Wo (o the innoooul !).-i!r- i!ip r-)]iy firr - Mother ur.fl dntighler - l'ríeide oí' kindrtcl. Lie! Strnntrer nnil 01 tizón níikn fnall awl Ito(ilian(!(?ci Shinl'icr liií revèlnc slilt fi Arul Havoc yr'l hiï otuinous deatff'cfy, And vid Wcspíir in v.iin for inen y p!índ - Whilc Hrli iisolí' sliall í-hni;k, nnd sicken al I he fif-en!