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Garrison first read from scripture
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old testament, deuteronomy.
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Then he proceeded to, in three segments, to burn documents.
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He first held up in his hand
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what he said was a copy of the fugitive slave act,
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which he burned in his hand with a lighted match,
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threw the ashes on the floor,
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Stomped on the ashes, and the crowd shouted "amen."
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Then he held in his hands the documents for the rendition
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He said it was a copy of the document for the rendition of anthony burns,
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returning burns as a fugitive slave to virginia.
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He burned that, threw the ashes on the floor,