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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

6446 William Lloyd Garrison 1805-1879 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:6446
AUTHOR:William Lloyd Garrison (1805–1879)
QUOTATION:  The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell. 1 
ATTRIBUTION:Resolution adopted by the Antislavery Society, Jan. 27, 1843.
 
Note 1.
We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement.—Isaiah xxviii. 15. [back]