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- Born: December 12, 1805
- Place of birth: Newburyport, Massachusetts
- Uncompromising stand on slavery earned him many enemies
- In 1831 the Confederate state of [http: //www.mahalo.com/Georgia Georgia] offered $5,000 for Garrison's arrest and conviction
- On July 4th, 1854 he publicly set fire to a copy of the [http: //www.mahalo.com/Constitution_of_the_United_States_of_America U.S. Constitution]; he called it a "covenant with death" and "an agreement with Hell" because in its original form it sanctioned slavery.
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William Lloyd Garrison was one of the most influential abolitionist leaders in America during the years that led up to the American Civil War. Through his newspaper, The Liberator, he passionately argued for an immediate and absolute freedom for all people held in slavery.
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Timeline
- 1828: Denounced the American Colonization Society
- 1830: Joined Abolition movement
- 1831: Founded anti-slavery newspaper "The Liberator"
- 1832: Founded the New-England Anti-Slavery Society
- 1833: Founded the American Anti-Slavery Society
- 1834: Married Helen Eliza Benson
- 1854: Burned the constitution at an abolitionist meeting
Quotes
- "The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead."
- "With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost."
- "The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell."
- "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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William Lloyd Garrison Questions
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What's the funniest Garrison Keillor video on the Web? 4 AnswersThis one is short and to the point, and very true! I'm sure when he recovers he'll have plenty of new comedic material. ... read more -
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Andrew Lloyd Webber has announced a follow-up to The Phantom of the Opera called "Love Never Dies". 1 AnswerOh, I think this will be dicey! In the new plot, The Phantom is working as a Coney Island freak show attraction who still pines for Christine and lures her to C... read more
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William Lloyd Garrison Timeline
- 1805: December 10th, born in Newburyport, MA.
- 1831: January 1st, begins to publish the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator.
- 1833: December, Garrison and approx. 60 others form the American Anti-Slavery Society.
- 1835: Almost lynched by an angry mob in Boston.
- 1854: Burns publicly a copy of the U.S. Constitution.
- 1863: January 1st, experiences Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation
- 1879: May 24th, dies at his daughter's home in New York City.
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Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril. William Lloyd Garrison
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In proportion as we perceive and embrace the truth do we become just, heroic, magnanimous, divine. — William Lloyd Garrison
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The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend upon numbers. William Lloyd Garrison
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