Garrison Introduces Douglass

William Lloyd Garrison speaks to a crowd of abolitionists in Nantucket, Massachusetts.  He introduces the self-emancipated Frederick Douglass, soon leading to a powerful partnership with a common cause -- immediate abolition of slavery.

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