William Lloyd Garrison Research Paper

There were many abolitionists during the 1800s in the United States, and William Lloyd Garrison was one of them. William Lloyd Garrison was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He was born in front of a church on December 12, 1805. His father, Abijah Garrison was a merchant sailor that left and abandoned the family when Garrison was only three years old. His mother,Frances Maria Lloyd, became a single mother that struggled to raise Garrison and her other children. When he was younger, Garrison did not live with his mother, instead, he was sent by his mother to live with a Baptist deacon for some time and received education there before returning back to her in 1814. To help support his mother, Garrison took on multiple jobs like delivering wood,

When his wife passed away on January 25, 1876, it took Garrison a lot of time to cope with her death. A year after his wife’s death, he found out that he had a kidney disease and moved to New York to live with his children until he passed away on May 24, 1879. William Lloyd Garrison made many contributions in order to help with the Abolitionists movements, and that is why a memorial was dedicated to Garrison after his death in Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. After writing about William Lloyd Garrison, I think that he influenced the abolition of slavery in many ways. Also, I like that he took on a different approach towards ending slavery, instead of using violence like other people, he mostly used writings and speeches. In my opinion, he was more on the conservative side and did not stand out as much as some other abolitionists that might have voiced their thoughts louder and took part in more political actions. Many people in Garrison’s time doubted his abilities and I believe that he shouldn’t be underestimated, he was able to accomplish a lot even though he was not involved in political parties, and he was able to get his words out using his own ways. Finally, I think that Garrison accomplished more than what we thought he did, I believe he was one of the most important abolitionists during the