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title: 'Henry Highland Garnet on Liberty'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2023-12-23
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2023-henry-highland-garnet-on-liberty
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# Henry Highland Garnet on Liberty

“The humblest peasant is as free in the sight of God, as the proudest monarch that ever swayed a sceptre. Liberty is a spirit sent out from God, and like its great Author, is no respector of persons.” — [**Henry Highland Garnet**](/authors/henry-highland-garnet), *Address to the Slaves of the U*.*S*. (1843, 1848)