{"id":937,"date":"2007-04-04T05:32:11","date_gmt":"2007-04-04T10:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/937"},"modified":"2007-04-04T05:32:11","modified_gmt":"2007-04-04T10:32:11","slug":"marriage-of-lucy-stone-and-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/marriage-of-lucy-stone-and-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriage of Lucy Stone and  Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>May\u00a0 4, 1855<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>T. W. Higginson sends to the <em>Worcester Spy<\/em>, an account of a wedding at which he has officiated, at a farmhouse in West Brookfield.\u00a0 The bridegroom was a leader of the Western Anti-Slavery movement, Henry B. 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