Evan Squires, AMH2010, Monday-Friday, 10:30 am
William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent white abolitionist. He was known for his "radical" belief in immediate and complete emancipation of slaves. He even publicly burned a copy of the U.S. Constitution, declaring the document as being pro-slavery. Though a good friend of Frederick Douglass, they disagreed about the Constitution. Douglass thought that it guarranteed rights for all men regardless of color, ethnicity, or creed. I am quite shocked to learn of his burning of the Constitution, and though I understand his point, I liken this to burning the flag.
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Keith, Patrick AMH2010
It is the symbolism of burning the Constitution that Garrison committed, he did not actually burn the Constitution, that can be done so eaily.
I think he was wrong even though he didn't burn the real constitution, he probally would of if he could. If he was against slavery, and a black man is telling him that it was anti-slavery, I think he was a little ignorant and stuck on his ways not to listen.
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