William Lloyd Garrison's Declaration Of Equality

Jarriett Hicks

William Lloyd Garrison was very devoted to equality for all humans. Like Franklin, Garrison was born poor, but managed to overcome such obstacles with his resilience and dedication to denouncing the Declaration of Independence as an agreement with hell. I completely understand Garrison’s point of view about this topic because how can the document declare freedom, independence and the love of God, when slavery and oppression of blacks was being capitalized with such magnitude. Garrison argued that Slavery was a crime against God and Man-the most heinous of all crimes (932). I think he is trying to tell them they can’t endorse slavery and still say they are children of God. According to the text, gradualism and colonization perpetuated the ideas by maintaining that blacks and whites could not live together in harmony. I believe this idea is still somewhat carried on today, but is done more covertly. Garrison has an effective conversational tone/rhetoric when he spoke which led to his organization of the American Anti-Slavery Society. I believe he could have been elected for office with his great style. From the reading, I get a strong sense of spiritual devotion. I think Garrison was more concerned with how laws were implemented in the name of God, but the laws did not treat others equally in God’s name. …show more content…
This story was a bit interesting to read-although it is very long. I feel that it has a strong sense of spirituality sense most writers during this time period reflected on their religious background as a way to show their purity with God. I also believe that this story could be viewed from an African American critical perspective since it references Jim Crow and racial oppression