William Lloyd Garrison
Written By: Tristan Nelson
William Lloyd Garrison was one of the many famous abolitionists of the time. Throughout his life he had many accomplishments and achieved many goals in life. William had an impact on just about every African American of the time. In his life he was a successful Activist, Journalist, and Publisher.
He was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts to a father who was a merchant sailor and a mother who was a Baptist. During his early life, his family went through many struggles as his mom had to raise William and his sibling in poverty. As a boy him and his family had to scrounge food from the more prosperous families. This forced William to start working at a young age selling homemade molasses candy and delivering wood. William got sent to a Baptist deacon. There he received rudimentary education.
Early in his career he had an experience with slavery because he read many anti-slavery papers. He was an apprentice to an editor by the name of Ephraim Allen. Allen was an editor for the Newburyport Herald. His apprenticeship lasted for seven years and after he had acquired the skills from his apprenticeship and other sequent newspaper jobs that would help utilize his skills to start his own newspaper at the age of twenty. Throughout the 1830’s Garrison became one of the most uncompromising opponents to slavery. He began his publications in Boston developing the newspaper called the “Liberator.” Garrison started to work for the anti-slavery society with the Tappan brothers. Within a year they had helped form 200 anti-slavery society unions. Within four years there were 1,300 unions country wide. These unions helped fight against slavery and with the help of these is got the attention of many people. William Lloyd Garrison was one of the most famous abolitionists. In 1839 they had a petition to end slavery with two million signatures on it.
William Lloyd Garrison had a huge influence on the abolitionist movement. William started the unions that spread around the country and a newspaper that made Williams voice heard by everyone. Slavery was abolished thanks this man and many abolitionists. The emancipation of slavery freed thousands of slaves and gave freedom to our country. Justice was one step closer thanks to William Lloyd Garrison.
William Lloyd Garrison was one of the many famous abolitionists of the time. Throughout his life he had many accomplishments and achieved many goals in life. William had an impact on just about every African American of the time. In his life he was a successful Activist, Journalist, and Publisher.
He was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts to a father who was a merchant sailor and a mother who was a Baptist. During his early life, his family went through many struggles as his mom had to raise William and his sibling in poverty. As a boy him and his family had to scrounge food from the more prosperous families. This forced William to start working at a young age selling homemade molasses candy and delivering wood. William got sent to a Baptist deacon. There he received rudimentary education.
Early in his career he had an experience with slavery because he read many anti-slavery papers. He was an apprentice to an editor by the name of Ephraim Allen. Allen was an editor for the Newburyport Herald. His apprenticeship lasted for seven years and after he had acquired the skills from his apprenticeship and other sequent newspaper jobs that would help utilize his skills to start his own newspaper at the age of twenty. Throughout the 1830’s Garrison became one of the most uncompromising opponents to slavery. He began his publications in Boston developing the newspaper called the “Liberator.” Garrison started to work for the anti-slavery society with the Tappan brothers. Within a year they had helped form 200 anti-slavery society unions. Within four years there were 1,300 unions country wide. These unions helped fight against slavery and with the help of these is got the attention of many people. William Lloyd Garrison was one of the most famous abolitionists. In 1839 they had a petition to end slavery with two million signatures on it.
William Lloyd Garrison had a huge influence on the abolitionist movement. William started the unions that spread around the country and a newspaper that made Williams voice heard by everyone. Slavery was abolished thanks this man and many abolitionists. The emancipation of slavery freed thousands of slaves and gave freedom to our country. Justice was one step closer thanks to William Lloyd Garrison.