Reading Garrison's Letters

March 27, 1840

Garrison continues to argue against any membership standard which insists that an abolitionist must vote.  He insists that the only obligation upon an abolitionist is to do only what supports abolition and which avoids action which supports “a friend of the slave”.  The decision about how/when to use or not use the voting franchise is up to each individual abolitionist.   ¹

¹ Letters of William Lloyd Garrison – Volumes I – VI