Escalon boasts a low crime rate, an award-winning school district, quality residential homes and a quaint, 1920âs era downtown. Geographically located on Highway 120 between the San Francisco Bay area and the historic Mother Lode leading to Yosemite National Park.
Resource Bank Contents. In the very first issue of his anti-slavery newspaper, the Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison stated, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation.. . . I am in earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse -- I will not retreat a single inch -- AND I WILL BE HEARD.. And Garrison was heard.n the very first issue of his anti-slavery newspaper, the Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison stated, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. . . .
William Lloyd Garrison lived long enough to see the Union come apart under the weight of slavery. He survived to see Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War. Thirty-four years after first publishing The Liberator, Garrison saw the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution go into effect, banning slavery forever. It took a lifetime of work. But in the end, the morality of his position held sway.