Garrison, William Lloyd

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

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

From The Voice and Spiritual Education by Corson, Hiram

Garrison, William Lloyd, Mrs. Howe's dislike of, dispelled, 152, 153; attacks a statement of hers, 236; joins the woman suffrage movement, 375; his work for that cause, 380, 381.

From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Howe, Julia Ward

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

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

Garrison, William Lloyd, 61, 261, 262-267, 268, 269, 271, 288.

From American Men of Mind by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

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

From A History of the Republican Party by Platt, George Washington