Garrison, William Lloyd

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1. A prominent abolitionist of the nineteenth century (see abolitionism). In his newspaper, The Liberator, he called for immediate freedom for the slaves and for the end of all political ties between the northern and southern states.

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Garrison, William Lloyd

Garrison, William Lloyd, quoted on Mazzini's advocacy of the equality of the sexes, 177.

From The Voice and Spiritual Education by Hiram Corson

Garrison, William Lloyd, adopts Adams's theory of power of Congress over slavery, 264.

From John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series by John T. (John Torrey) Morse

Garrison, William Lloyd, iii, 259; vi, 148; vii, 221, 409; Lyman Beecher and, vii, 395; Henry George and, ix, 59; Theodore Parker and, ix, 299.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Elbert Hubbard

G Garrison, William Lloyd, mental attitude and policy of, contrasted with Lincoln's, 95, 427.George,

From The Promise of American Life by Herbert David Croly

Garrison, William Lloyd, publishes the Liberator, 54, 55.

From A History of the Republican Party by George Washington Platt