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William Lloyd Garrison

William Lloyd Garrison was the son of a seaman; he was born in Newburyport Massachusetts, in December 1805. Apprenticed as a printer, he became editor of the Newburyport Herald in 1824. Four years later he was appointed editor of the National Philanthropist in Boston. In 1828 Garrison met Benjamin Lundy, the Quaker anti-slavery editor of the Genius of Universal Emancipation. The following year he became co-editor of Lundy's newspaper. One article, where Garrison's criticised a merchant involved in the slave trade, resulted in him being imprisoned for libel.



Released in June 1830, Garrison's period in prison made him even more determined to bring and end to slavery. Whereas he previously shared Lundy's belief in gradual emancipation, Garrison now supported immediate and complete emancipation of all slaves. After breaking with Lundy, Garrison returned to Boston where he established his own anti-slavery newspaper, the Liberator.
In the Liberator Garrison not only attacked slave...

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