Reading Garrison's Letters

Aug   5, 1839

Writing to Oliver Johnson, Garrison reports on the National Convention of Abolitionists, called by the AASS.    “A few individuals in the Convention argued in favor of organizing a distinct political party; but, I am happy to say, the suggestion met with no respoonse whatever from the great body of members present. … So long as the abolitionists refuse to step into the political arena, as a distinct party, so long their cause will prosper, their integrity be revered, and their influence over all other contending parties be irresistible.”  ¹

¹ Letters of William Lloyd Garrison – Volumes I – VI