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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06643 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Sonnet to Liberty. |
| Date | 9 October 1863 |
| Author | Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | "Know this, O man, whate'er thy earthly fate-/God never made a tyrant nor a slave:/Woe, then, to those who dare to desecrate/His sacred image! - for to all He gave/Eternal rights, which none may violate;/And by a mighty hand th'oppressed He yet shall save." Signed and dated Boston, October 9th, 1863. |
| Subjects | Slavery African American History Abolition Reform Movement Religion Civil Rights |
| People | Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Arts & Literature; The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |