WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON(1805-1879)

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WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON(1805-1879)

• William Lloyd Garrison was born in December 10, 1905.

• Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

• He is the son of a merchant sailor.

• His mother is a devout Baptist named Frances Maria.

• Garrison died may 24, 1879 in New York City.

• As a child, Garrison lived with a Baptist deacon for a time, where he received a rudimentary education.

• In 1814, he reunited with his mother and took an apprenticeship as a shoemaker.

• His work proved too physically demanding as a young boy.

NO SLAVERYFOURTH OF JULY

• The rally started by Garrison in July 4, 1851 was one of the most controversial performance of his career.

• He survived to see Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War. Thirty-four years after first publishing The Liberator, Garrison saw the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution go into effect, banning slavery forever. It took a lifetime of work. But in the end, the morality of his position held sway.

WORKS/ACCOMPLISHMENT

• As a 13 years old, Garrison was appointed to a seven-year apprenticeship as a writer and editor under Ephraim W. Allen, the editor of Newburyport Herald.

• In 1826, he purchased The Newburyport Essex Courant.

• He was a publisher of the Liberator.

• He founded the New England Anti-slavery society.

• When he was 25, Garrison had joined the American Colonization Society.

• He was the Co-editor of the Genius of Universal Emancipation.

• He was the Editor of the National Philanthropist.

• He was put in jail for a short time for libeling and merchant.

SIGNIFICANT QUOTE

• William Lloyd Garrison declared it, "a covenant with Death and an agreement with Hell", and he knew how to celebrate its achievements.

• "I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD,"

• “The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend on numbers”.

IMPACT AND ATTITUDE

• The Liberator was responsible for initially building Garrison’s reputation as an abolitionist.

• His dream had come true as the thirteenth amendment outlaw slavery throughout the United States.

• He had became an Abolitionist to change the view of society on slavery and help passed the 13th Amendment.

QUIZ

• Who’s the one that created the liberator?

• In 1826, what did he purchased by borrowed money from his former employer?

• What is The Liberator?

• In what age he started his journal?

• Who did the pacifist support by using Garrison journalism?

WORKS CITED

• http://www.nndb.com/people/966/000049819/http://www.biography.com/people/william-lloyd-garrison-9307251#abolitionhttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/339245/The-Liberatorhttp://radgeek.com/gt/2005/09/17/international_ignore/

• http://www.ushistory.org/us/28a.asp