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William Lloyd Garrison (December 10, 1805 – May 24, 1879) was an American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer.He is best known for his widely read anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator, which Garrison founded in 1831 and published in Boston until slavery in the United States was partially abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865.
It was published in 1832 at Garrison's and Knapp's publishing company in Boston's Merchants Hall. [1] It describes the American Colonization Society's goals as being too sympathetic to slavers, [2] and called for immediate emancipation of enslaved people. This later influenced more radical anti-slavery reformers in the United States. [3]
The 1843 edition included works from authors such as William Lloyd Garrison and Thomas Moore, as well as accounts of recent slave rebellions and quotes from political speeches supporting the abolition of slavery. [3] The almanac did not call for uprising or violence, but rather served as a means to spread the word about the anti-slavery cause.
The American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS) was an abolitionist society in the United States. AASS formed in 1833 in response to the nullification crisis and the failures of existing anti-slavery organizations, such as the American Colonization Society. AASS formally dissolved in 1870. AASS was founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan.
The Liberator (1831–1865) was a weekly abolitionist newspaper, printed and published in Boston by William Lloyd Garrison and, through 1839, by Isaac Knapp.Religious rather than political, it appealed to the moral conscience of its readers, urging them to demand immediate freeing of the slaves ("immediatism").
The Ohio Anti-Slavery Society was originally created as an auxiliary of the American Anti-Slavery Society. [2] Its first meeting took place in Putnam, Ohio, in April of 1835, [3] and gathered delegates from 25 counties, along with four corresponding members from other states, William T. Allan, James G. Birney, James A. Thome and Ebenezer Martin. [4]
As Lundy found himself with less time to devote to the paper, he met William Lloyd Garrison, and offered him an editing position. [3] After Lundy and Garrison parted ways over the "Black List," Lundy began working closely with John Quincy Adams to establish freedman's colonies in Mexico, after Mexico abolished slavery completely in 1829. [3]
In 1833, while a principal owner of the Journal of Commerce, Arthur Tappan allied with William Lloyd Garrison and co-founded the American Anti-Slavery Society. [6] Arthur served as its first president, and there was in 1835 a reward of $20,000 (equivalent to $590,710 in 2023) for his capture and delivery to New Orleans.