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William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison 1805-79, American abolitionist, b. Newburyport, Mass. He supplemented his limited schooling with newspaper work and in 1829 went to Baltimore to aid Benjamin Lundy in publishing the Genius of Universal Emancipation. This led (1830) to his imprisonment for seven weeks for... Read more |
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Elizur Wright
Elizur Wright Elizur Wright (1804-1885) was an American reformer whose interests ranged from abolition to woman's suffrage and to conservation. He was also an intensely practical man as much at home in a government bureau as on the speaker's stump. Elizur Wright, born in Connecticut on... Read more |
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Oswald Garrison Villard
Oswald Garrison Villard 1872-1949, American editor and author, b. Wiesbaden, Germany, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1893; M.A., 1896). The son of Henry Villard and the grandson, on his mother's side, of William Lloyd Garrison, he was a lifelong liberal and a pacifist. In 1897 he became an editorial writer... Read more |
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Wendell Phillips
Wendell Phillips 1811-84, American reformer and orator, b. Boston, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1831; LL.B., 1834). He was admitted to the bar in 1834 but, having sufficient income of his own, he abandoned his law practice to devote his life to fighting for sound causes, chiefly the abolition of slavery.... Read more |
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Garrison
Garrison ♂ Mainly U.S.: transferred use of the surname, originally a local name from Garriston in North Yorkshire or from a patronymic for the son of a man called Garret. William Lloyd Garrison (1805–79) was a prominent American anti-slavery campaigner: the given name may... Read more |
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William Lowndes Yancey
William Lowndes Yancey 1814-63, American leader of secession , b. Warren co., Ga. Admitted (1834) to the bar in Greenville, S.C., he soon moved to Alabama. There he became an outstanding lawyer, was elected to the state house of representatives (1841) and the state senate (1843), and served in... Read more |
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Maria Weston Chapman
Maria Weston Chapman 1806-85, American abolitionist, b. Weymouth, Mass. In 1834 she became a close associate of William Lloyd Garrison, helped organize the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, and for several years was treasurer of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. She edited (1877) the... Read more |
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Newburyport
Newburyport city (1990 pop. 16,317), a seat of Essex co., NE Mass., at the mouth of the Merrimack River; settled 1635, set off from Newbury and inc. 1764. Its silverware industry dates from colonial times; textiles, scientific instruments, and electronic equipment are also made there, and tourism... Read more |
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Arthur Tappan
Arthur Tappan , 1786-1865, American abolitionist, b. Northampton, Mass. He made a fortune in the dry-goods business in New York City and with his brother and partner Lewis Tappan gave generously of his time and money to various causes, especially to the antislavery movement. He contributed to the... Read more |
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Abigail Kelley Foster
Abigail Kelley Foster American reformer Abigail Kelley Foster (1810-1887) was a pioneer in the abolitionist movement and contributed to the developing suffragist principles of her time. The daughter of Irish Quakers, Abby Kelley was born in Pelham, Mass., on Jan. 15, 1810. She was raised in... Read more |
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Garrison, William Lloyd
Garrison, William Lloyd (1805–1879...1 January 1831, William Lloyd Garrison became...members to oppose all preparation and...Henry Mayer , All on Fire: William ... |
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Growing Up Abolitionist: The Story of the Garrison Children.(Book Review)
...Abolitionist: The Story of the Garrison Children. By Harriet Hyman...the typical picture of William Lloyd Garrison has been one of...exception is Henry Mayer's All on Fire: William Lloyd ... |
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RECLAIMING GARRISON
...agitator by calling, William Lloyd Garrison was indeed, as his...Mayer described him, "all on fire." Born 200 years...call for immediate abolition. Beginning in 1831...colleges should endow a William ... |
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Seldon on Garrison
...social occasions of all sorts, but once...vocal crusader, William Lloyd Garrison, than Horace Seldon...I have looked at all 1,820 editions...as Lewis Hayden, William and Ellen Craft...s book "All on ... |
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RELATIVE IMPORTANCE AN ABOLITIONIST'S DESCENDANTS CELEBRATE HIS 200TH BIRTHDAY
...William Lloyd Garrison...family of William Lloyd Garrison...gathering from all over North...Harumi Shaw Garrison of New Jersey...when the Garrisons gather...in 1805, ... |
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The life of a crusader who would not retreat {CORRECTION -
...THIS REVIEW.} ON FIRE William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of American Slavery...720 pp. $23.50. William E. Cain teaches at...editor of "William Lloyd Garrison and the ... |
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The life of a crusader who would not retreat
ON FIRE William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of American Slavery By...720 pp. $23.50. William E. Cain teaches at Wellesley...the editor of "William Lloyd Garrison and the ... |
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Henry Mayer, Unconventional Biographer, Dies at 59
...of such champions of American freedom as William Lloyd Garrison and Patrick Henry, died of a heart attack...Mr. Mayer's Garrison biography, "All on Fire: William Lloyd ... |
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Let the Politicians Come to Us: William Lloyd Garrison on Conscientiously...
...a crime under all circumstances...principles, with all fidelity, in...to abolish it Abolition is our object...the consuming fire. . . . Believing all war to be sinful...Affiliation] William Lloyd ... |
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Notes from one friend 's bedside table
...struggle. Biography: A line from one of William Lloyd Garrison's many poems sets the tone for Henry...and fascinating historical biography, All on Fire. William Lloyd Garrison and the ... |
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The Black Hearts of Men: Radical Abolitionists and the Transformation of...
...give either Smith much play. Even Henry Mayer's long and spirited biography of William Lloyd Garrison (All on Fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of Slavery [St. ... |
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