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    The Declaration of Independence gives the right to be free to everyone living in the United States, or does it? About half of the states in the country at this time permit slavery, while only few are against it. William Lloyd Garrison, an extreme abolitionist, wanted slavery to be banned in the whole country, so he created different groups and societies to help him. Many pro-slavery southerners despised Garrison’s work and fought against his belief. After The Civil War ended, he lived to see his vision filled. Being one of the most influential abolitionists, Garrison was able to go against the common belief and changed history. In the horrible time of slavery, the United States of America was split into two different views about slavery. The North, was mostly anti-slavery and wanted to abolish slavery of African-Americans, while the South was pro-slavery and wanted the way of life to not change. After the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the US was split in half on the amount of slave-states, which permitted slavery, and free-states, which were closed to slavery. There…

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    William Lloyd Garrison was determined to make a change in the abolition movement. His strong opinions and drive for the cause remarkably altered the future for enslaved African Americans. Due to his role in the foundation of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and his significant contributions to The Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison had a tremendous impact on the abolition movement. William Lloyd Garrison’s early life influenced his work as he became an activist in the abolition movement. His…

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    The extraordinary friendship of William Lloyd Garrison, a white abolitionist leader, and Fredrick Douglass, a black abolitionist leader, demonstrated the ability for two diverse men from polar opposite backgrounds to come together for a common cause. Despite the strength of their unique bond as mentor and mentee, a bitter falling out ultimately separated the two and left a stain on their legacy. Despite working together for a common cause, they became estranged, especially because of their…

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    Corey Hobensack Slavery Paper In both documents, authors Angelina Grimke and William Lloyd Garrison, are both reformers with slavery. Garrison explains his anti slavery opinion in the newspaper The Liberator as Grimke explains hers in a speech. In garrison’s article, “To the Public,” he purposely toured to excite the minds of people by his series of discoveries on the subject of slavery. He was given fresh evidence of the fact from every place he visited that a greater revolution in…

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    During the pre-Civil War era, William Lloyd Garrison steered abolition to a more radical approach through his writings in his newspaper: The Liberator, his creation of the New England Anti-Slavery Society and his extreme anti-Union ideas, which led to a schism in the abolitionist movement. His actions played a major role in the division of the abolitionist movement, and thus helped express slavery as a central ethical issue. William Lloyd Garrison created an abolitionist newspaper called The…

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    The two abolitionists I wrote about is William Lloyd Garrison and John Brown William Lloyd Garrison was born in 1805 at Newburyport, Massachusetts. When William father abandoned the family in 1808 they have a hard time. William has to look for foods for his family; he has to ask other family for some food. William has to work he sold homemade candy and delivering some wood. William started working in 1818 at a newspaper job for Newburyport Herald where he develops skills set as a writer and…

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    In the preface, William Lloyd Garrison (a famous abolitionist) criticized the institution of slavery. He does this by including the anti-slavery words of separate parties involved in the controversy of slavery. For example, take the perspective of the audience at the talk. When Garrison speaks to them, he mentions the peril that Frederick Douglass, a man who has more than proven that he is of good nature, faced during his time as a slave, even in the North. He goes on to ask a simple question -…

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    in Pennsylvania to raise concern. Along with William lloyd Garrison who was a prominent abolitionist towards slavery, with Williams strong moving words he brought awareness to the North, since they aren 't doing anything but continuing to allow slavery to happen in the south. Through his text William talks about how slavery is morally wrong, and how…

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    Phillips’ role as an agitator “was not to make laws or determine policy, but to influence the public mind in the interest of same large social transformation” (Richard Hoftstader). However Richard Hoftstader contrasts the role of an agitator with the role of a politician. Wendell Phillips was much like William Lloyd Garrison. Both Garrison and Phillips were known to be agitators, and both were also against slavery, and…

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    He changed the tone in the talk of abolition, he was forceful, uncompromising, and committed to morally disgracing those who supported slaves but more importantly those who did not do enough to end slavery. He led the way in the new wave of “immediateness,” which changed the way abolitionists approached terminating slavery. Garrison relentlessly degraded the practice of slavery, putting moral pressure on everyone to denounce and take action against slavery now. Although the pressure was aimed…

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