The Kingdom of God Is Within You · Character
William Lloyd Garrison
American abolitionist and pacifist whose non-resistance views are cited as a modern example.
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Also known as Garrison
First appearance: ii
William Lloyd Garrison's tie to Adin Ballou is one of the pressures that moves The Kingdom of God Is Within You—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Famous champion for the liberation of negroes; his 1838 Declaration of Nonresistance is sent to Tolstoy by his son.
William Lloyd Garrison first appears in 0004 ii.
With Adin Ballou (friendship): Ballou and Garrison share a close ideological alliance as fellow abolitionists and advocates of nonresistance. With Jesus Christ (friendship): Jesus Christ is cited by Garrison as the ultimate moral exemplar for his abolitionist and nonresistance activism.
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- Pacifist and abolitionist influences
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- Historical and biblical figures in Tolstoy's critique
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- Adin Ballou
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- Jesus Christ
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