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An abolitionist's descendants celebrate his 200th birthday

By Jack Thomas
Globe Staff / August 6, 2005

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When Nancy Scripture read about the Civil War, she fell in love with William Lloyd Garrison, the Boston abolitionist. It was an unusual romance. She was 16, and he'd been dead for 67 years. (Full article: 1393 words)

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