# William Lloyd Garrison — The Kingdom of God Is Within You character guide

> William Lloyd Garrison in The Kingdom of God Is Within You by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Garrison

**First appearance:** 0004-ii

## Who they are

American abolitionist and pacifist whose non-resistance views are cited as a modern example.

## Relationships

### [Adin Ballou](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kingdom_of_god_is_within_you_se/characters/adin_ballou)

_friendship_

Ballou and Garrison share a close ideological alliance as fellow abolitionists and advocates of nonresistance.

### [Jesus Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kingdom_of_god_is_within_you_se/characters/jesus_christ)

_friendship_

Jesus Christ is cited by Garrison as the ultimate moral exemplar for his abolitionist and nonresistance activism.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kingdom_of_god_is_within_you_se/chapters/i)

Famous champion for the liberation of negroes; his 1838 Declaration of Nonresistance is sent to Tolstoy by his son.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kingdom_of_god_is_within_you_se/chapters/endnotes)

Referenced as a figure associated with nonresistance and abolitionist thought.

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