William Lloyd GarrisonNewspaper editor
B. 1805 D. 1879 Testimony: In their Own WordsI am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On the subject of slavery, 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. |
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-Refused to sit in the main hall of the World Anti-Slavery Convention because women were not allowed in. Instead, in protest, he sat in the back room with the women.
- Founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society
- Editor of The Northern Philanthropist, a magazine which argued that alcohol should be made illegal.
- Creator of the leading abolitionist newspaper The Liberator.
- Also wrote about women’s rights issues in the paper and included articles by leading women such as the Grimke sisters.
- Some argued that including women in abolition would cause both to fail. Garrison disagreed strongly and encouraged women to start their own organizations against slavery if they had to.
- Refused to participate in government saying that the Constitution was a pro-slavery document and to participate at all was to support it.
- Before long The Liberator was the most powerful voice for both abolition and women’s rights in the North.
- Garrison refused any kind of violence relying instead on “moral-suasion” (peaceful resistance) to battle slavery.
- When slavery was eliminated in 1865 he continued to fight for rights for women and the newly freed African-Americans.
- Founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society
- Editor of The Northern Philanthropist, a magazine which argued that alcohol should be made illegal.
- Creator of the leading abolitionist newspaper The Liberator.
- Also wrote about women’s rights issues in the paper and included articles by leading women such as the Grimke sisters.
- Some argued that including women in abolition would cause both to fail. Garrison disagreed strongly and encouraged women to start their own organizations against slavery if they had to.
- Refused to participate in government saying that the Constitution was a pro-slavery document and to participate at all was to support it.
- Before long The Liberator was the most powerful voice for both abolition and women’s rights in the North.
- Garrison refused any kind of violence relying instead on “moral-suasion” (peaceful resistance) to battle slavery.
- When slavery was eliminated in 1865 he continued to fight for rights for women and the newly freed African-Americans.
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