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William Lloyd Garrison

American editor, writer, and abolitionist
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Professor of History, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Author of The Liberator: William Lloyd Garrison.
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Born:
December 10, 1805, Newburyport, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died:
May 24, 1879, New York, New York (aged 73)
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“The Liberator”

William Lloyd Garrison (born December 10, 1805, Newburyport, Massachusetts, U.S.—died May 24, 1879, New York, New York) was an American journalistic crusader who published a newspaper, The Liberator (1831–65), and helped lead the successful abolitionist campaign against slavery in the United States. Garrison was the son of an itinerant seaman who subsequently deserted his family. The son grew up in an atmosphere of declining New England federalism and lively Christian benevolence—twin sources of the abolition movement, which he joined at age 25. As editor of the National Philanthropist (Boston) in 1828 and the Journal of the Times (Bennington, Vermont) in ...(100 of 893 words)

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