William Lloyd Garrison was an extremely outspoken and unapologetic abolitionist of his time. He was completely unwilling to compromise on slavery. Garrison believed that abolition must be complete, immediate, and without compensation for slaves freed. He also did not concern himself with what other social or economic problems may appear due to the emancipation of slaves. Some scholars think that because his words were so harsh and extreme, he may have alienated himself from many people who may have supported him and his cause. Garrison wrote in his newspaper, “I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but it there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject I do not …show more content…
Another, and arguably more successful abolitionist was Theodore Dwight Weld. Weld started to build up his anti-slavery movement by appealing to the consiouses of Midwestern farmers and church groups. He published a collection of newspaper articles detailing the horrors of slavery entitled, American Slavery: As It Is. In his series of articles, Weld focused mainly on southern accounts. By doing this he was able to counter southern claims that slave abuse almost never happened. Weld condemned them when stating, “ Every man knows that slavery is a curse. Whoever denies this, his lips libel his heart.” In the north, free slaves began to become heavily involved in the abolition movement. Some black abolitionists has once been slaves themselves, and would tell of slavery based on personal experience. During this time, there were two leading black abolitionists, Henry Highland Garnett and Frederick Douglass. Both of these men had opposing views on slavery and how to go about it. Garnett regularly called for slaves to rise up against their masters and make themselves free. He also believed that any violence done by slaves in the act of freeing themselves was justified on the grounds of self defense and that it was better to die a free man rather to live as