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Influenced by the Unitarians and his own reading of Milton, William Lloyd Garrison turned to Milton’s Areopagitica to set the foundation of his abolitionist movement. From the beginning, Garrison identified with Milton; when he was harshly criticized in 1834, he placed himself “in the company of John Milton.” Abolitionists looked to Milton’s writings not for anti-slavery statements but for his insistence on free inquiry, human liberty and moral truth, which they truly believed were the solutions to end slavery, calling for “The destruction of error by the potency of truth.” They quote lines from Paradise Lost to describe the forces of evil.

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“In the company of Milton”: Milton and Abolition in the Nineteenth Century

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    2025年

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  • David Boocker

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Influenced by the Unitarians and his own reading of Milton, William Lloyd Garrison turned to Milton’s Areopagitica to set the foundation of his abolitionist movement. From the beginning, Garrison identified with Milton; when he was harshly criticized in 1834, he placed himself “in the company of John Milton.” Abolitionists looked to Milton’s writings not for anti-slavery statements but for his insistence on free inquiry, human liberty and moral truth, which they truly believed were the solutions to end slavery, calling for “The destruction of error by the potency of truth.” They quote lines from Paradise Lost to describe the forces of evil.