“It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers should be destroyed.”
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Gerrit Smith
Gerrit Smith was an American politician and social reformer who lived from March 6, 1797, to December 28, 1874. He was a prominent figure in the anti-slavery movement and a leading advocate for land reform and women's suffrage. more
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Source: Speeches of Gerrit Smith in Congress
“Sir, there is no Christian nation, thus free to choose as we are, which would establish slavery.”
“Is America truly a democracy? Has America ever been a democracy with the institution of slavery?”
“The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.”
Source: The Spirit of Laws