William Lloyd Garrison

William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer best known for his staunch opposition to slavery. He founded and edited the influential abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator" in 1831, which advocated for immediate emancipation of all enslaved people in the United States. Garrison also co-founded the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1833 and became a key figure in the movement for racial equality. His activism extended beyond abolitionism, as he also supported women's rights and other social reforms.

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ADDRESS. Ladies and Gentlemen: An earnest espousal of the Anti-Slavery cause for a quarter of a century, under circumstances which have served in a special manner to identify my name and labours with it, will shield me from the charge of egotism, in assuming to be its exponent—at least for myself—on this occasion. All that I can compress within the limits of a single lecture, by way of its... more...

PREFACE. I dedicate this work to my countrymen, in whose intelligence, magnanimity and humanity I place the utmost reliance. Although they have long suffered themselves to be swayed by a prejudice as unmanly as it is wicked, and have departed widely from the golden rule of the gospel, in their treatment of the people of color, to suppose that they will always be the despisers and persecutors of this... more...

EMANCIPATION UNDER THE WAR POWER. Extracts from the speech of John Quincy Adams, delivered in the U.S.House of Representatives, April 14 and 15, 1842, on War with GreatBritain and Mexico:— What I say is involuntary, because the subject has been brought into the House from another quarter, as the gentleman himself admits. I would leave that institution to the exclusive consideration and management of... more...