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Garrison And The Abolitionist Movement
Clay agreed with southern leaders. He believed states should keep slavery.Garrison was a leader in the abolitionist movement. Abolitionists said slavery was wrong. They wanted slavery to be abolished or ended. Abolitionists were a powerful force in the U.S. In 1831, Garrison published a newspaper. It was called The Liberator. Garrison wrote articles against slavery. Later, he helped organize the American Anti-Slavery Society.
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