Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . of October 21, morning after his incarceration he madeupon the walls of his cell this inscription: William Lloyd Garrison was put into thiscell on Wednesday afternoon, October 21, 1835,to save him from the violence of a respectableand influential mob, who sought to destroy himfor preaching the abominable and dangerousdoctrine that all men are created equal, andthat all oppression is odious in the sight ofGod. Hail Columbia! Cheers for the Autocratof Russia and the Sultan of Turkey! Rea
Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . of October 21, morning after his incarceration he madeupon the walls of his cell this inscription: William Lloyd Garrison was put into thiscell on Wednesday afternoon, October 21, 1835,to save him from the violence of a respectableand influential mob, who sought to destroy himfor preaching the abominable and dangerousdoctrine that all men are created equal, andthat all oppression is odious in the sight ofGod. Hail Columbia! Cheers for the Autocratof Russia and the Sultan of Turkey! Reader,let this inscription remain till the last slavein this despotic land be loosed from his fetters! The ladies whose meeting had been so rudelyinterrupted made a brave attempt to pursue theobject for which they had come Mary S. Parker, the president, openedthe exercises by reading a portion of Scripture,and then, in a sweet and serene voice, sheoffered a prayer for the cause of the slave andbesought forgiveness for his oppressors. Afterthe mob had burst inside their hall,
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