20 October 2011

William Lloyd Garrison in Bennington, Vermont: Literary New England #12

'FIFTY FEET WEST OF THIS SPOT
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON
EDITED
THE JOURNAL OF THE TIMES
OCTOBER 3, 1828 – MARCH 27, 1829[.]
HITHER CAME
BENJAMIN LUNDY DECEMBER 6, 1828
TO ENLIST HIM IN THE CAUSE OF THE SLAVE.
GARRISON DEPARTED HENCE
TO LIFT UP IN BALTIMORE
THE BANNER
OF IMMEDIATE EMANCIPATION'

A detail of the representation of the printing press.

Toward the end of the afternoon we went for a coffee, and saw this mockingbird in the parking lot. The only excuse I have for publishing it here is that I really like it, and that it reminds me of Harper Lee, who reminds me of a number of things.

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