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. . . .
In the decades leading up to the American Civil War, Garrison was the most well-known abolitionist in the United States. Many Southern slave owners despised him. The Georgia legislature placed a five thousand dollar bounty on his head, payable to anyone who brought the abolitionist to the state for prosecution.