He said an anonymous senator planned to propose an amendment to the Constitution to abolish slavery. Before the senator did so, Wright explained, he would need help from the Garrisonians. While the senator worked on the inside, abolitionists needed to mobilize on the outside. Pulling out Sumner’s note, Wright read a resolution that asked attendees to organize a mass petition drive to rally thousands of ordinary Americans behind a movement to liberate the Constitution from slavery and bring it in line with the Declaration. Wright’s resolution passed unanimously.
