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“To Liberty” Civil War Autographed Handwritten Poem Signed by William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, October 21, 1860

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WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (1805-1879). American Journalist, Reformer, Founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society (1833) and Publisher of “The Liberator”. Garrison supported Abraham Lincoln's election and welcomed the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment that outlawed slavery forever in the United States. With Emancipation achieved, Garrison published the final issue of The Liberator in 1865.

October 21, 1860-Dated Civil War Era Poem, “To Liberty” Titled Original Autograph Handwritten Poem and signed by its author William Lloyd Garrison, written at Boston, boldly Signed, “Wm. Lloyd Garrison”, 1 page, measuring 4.75” x 6.5” (by sight) professionally matted and framed to 9.25” x 7.25” displayed under special TruView UV Plexiglas, Choice Extremely Fine. This Poem reads, in part :

“To Liberty. - Thy cause, O Liberty! can never fail, Whether by foes o’verwhelmed, or friends betrayed: - Then be its advocates of nought afraid! - As God is true, they surely shall prevail. - Concludes: A thousand times defeated, thou shalt reign Victor, O Liberty, o’er all the earth! -- (Signed) “Wm. Lloyd Garrison / Boston, Oct. 21, 1860.”

Provenance: Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II I


Born in Massachusetts in 1805, William Lloyd Garrison was an untiring reformer who worked for women's right to vote, civil rights, and prohibition, but he is best known for his “fierce opposition to slavery.” He led the moral crusade for abolition of slavery in the United States.

In 1832 he helped organize the New England Anti-Slavery Society, and, the following year, the American Anti-Slavery Society. These were the first organizations dedicated to promoting immediate emancipation. Garrison was unyeilding and steadfast in his beliefs.

After fighting for the abolition of slavery for 25 years, William Lloyd Garrison believed the Republic had been corrupted from the start. On July 4, 1854 in Massachusetts, he burned a copy of the constitution.

Garrison tells enslaved people not to fight for their freedom and rights because it's fighting evil with evil. The approach is not realistic because everyone has a right to freedom.

Edited by the fiery activist William Lloyd Garrison, this weekly Boston-based periodical (The Liberator) served as a major platform to attack slavery and its supporters, inspire action, and promote equal rights for all.
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