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| | [[Image:Williamlloydgarrison.jpg|200px|thumb|William Lloyd Garrison]] | | [[Image:Williamlloydgarrison.jpg|200px|thumb|William Lloyd Garrison]] |
| − | '''William Lloyd Garrison''' (1805-1879) was a white leader of the [[abolitionism]] movement in America. Based in Boston, he published the anti-slavery newspaper the ''Liberator''. In 1833, he founded the American Anti-Slavery Society. | + | '''William Lloyd Garrison''' (December 10, 1805 – May 24, 1879) was a prominent leader of the [[abolitionism]] movement in America. Based in [[Boston]], he published the anti-slavery newspaper ''The Liberator''. In 1833, he founded the American Anti-Slavery Society. |
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| − | Garrison, who did not originally feel that [[Abraham Lincoln]] was sufficiently opposed to [[slavery]], wrote in 1885-89:<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-05-24&view=View</ref> | + | Garrison, who did not originally feel that [[Abraham Lincoln]] was sufficiently opposed to [[slavery]], wrote in 1885-89:<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-05-24&view=View</ref> |
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| | :Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion. | | :Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion. |
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| | + | [[Category:Massachusetts]] |
| | + | [[Category:Republican Party]] |
| | [[Category:Abolitionists]] | | [[Category:Abolitionists]] |
| | + | [[Category:Civil Rights Leaders]] |
| | [[Category:Unitarians]] | | [[Category:Unitarians]] |