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as a household servant. When Loring's regular copyist, a white youth, neglected his duties, Morris took over for him. Impressed with Morris's intellect, Loring tutored him in the law, and in 1847 presented him for admission to the
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persuaded him that "immediate and unconditional emancipation" was the only morally acceptable policy. On
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Loring initially believed that a policy of abolishing slavery gradually, rather than all at once, would attract more supporters to the abolitionist cause.
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proposed legislation that would have curtailed the free speech of abolitionists. Along with
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Gougeon, Len (1990). "1838: Ellis Gray Loring and a
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