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was America's greatest fighter against slavery. He became the most villified man in the country. He was considered a dangerous radical, he was scorned by society, attacked by the press, and hunted by enraged mobs. But this crusader against slavery never feared ....

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.... William's young life his mother gave him a tin pail and told him to go ask for scraps of food at the back doors of mansions on High Street. (Faber 15) William was humiliated and teased by other children. He didn't feel shamed in being poor but felt a wealth in shame that he did not have a father. He knew that someday he would make his mark and show everyone that he was someone. Eventually William's mother decided she couldn't keep the family together any longer. She moved to Lynn, Massachusetts, and left William in Newburyport to live with the family of Deacon Ezekiel Bartlett. (Faber 19) The deacon agreed to keep William and feed and shelter him ....