"I should have done violence to my convictions of duty, had I not made use of all the lawful means in my power to liberate those people, and assist them to become men and women, rather than leave them in the condition of chattels personal. I am called an abolitionist, once a name of reproach, but one I am ever proud to be considered worthy of being called."
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Said after his conviction (1848), as quoted in A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin (1853) by Harriet Beecher Stowe, p. 55
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Thomas Garrett
Thomas Garrett (21 August 1789 – 25 January 1871) was an abolitionist and leader in the Underground Railroad movement before the American Civil War.
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