William Lloyd Garrison's Abolition Movement

In 1815 , slavery was a big issue and many abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison did many things to abolish slavery. New England had slaves but treated them like family, they taught them to read and write and were friendly to the slaves. Slaves were brought to New England throughout the colonial time period, and continued throughout the colonies in years before the American Revolution. Slavery was distinctively Southern prior to the American Revolution. In the North they trained some slaves to be a part of the economy and some slaves were often freed. Abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison fought to end slavery William was born in December 12, 1805 in Newburyport,Ma. He was a prominent American abolitionists. His father abandoned

He joined the American Colonization Society. American Colonization Society had a view point at which blacks should move to the west of Africa. The only reason he joined was because he thought it was for African Americans well being and for them to be freed. In 1830 Garrison left the American Colonization Society. A year passed, In 1831 he published his own abolitionist paper called “The Liberator”. In 1832 he helped form the New England Anti-Slavery Society. He founded the American Antislavery Society, a national organization dedicated to successful abolition. He reviewed the Constitution as pro slavery and believed that the Union should have been dissolved. He argued Free States and Slave States should be separate, and together Frederick Douglas together made 40 Anti Union

Yes, i support Garrison in every way because slavery was wrong and people weren’t being treated right. Everyone is equal, and should be treated fairly. Garrison spoke about that in his speeches he wanted slaves to be treated fairly, and believed that they should be freed. He would not give up on fighting to abolish slavery, because of that Garrison was known as a prominent abolitionist. I feel like if Garrison wasn’t located in the free states he would be more of a target , because he was very passionate about anti-slavery and the slave states wouldn’t be happy , but at the same time it’s a good thing because he could have more voices of people wanting to abolish slavery or slaves wanting to be freed. A con of Garrison being located in the free states was that most the people there did want to abolish slavery, and more people were on his