Source (info): Town of Nantucket
Source (image): The Boston Globe
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William Lloyd Garrison
January 1, 1831 - William Lloyd Garrison first published "The Liberator" (four hundred copies printed in the middle of the night using borrowed type), which became the leading abolitionist paper in the United States.
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#Virginia #history #slavery #racism #oppression #UnitedStates #FrederickDouglass #JohnBrown #HarrietBeecherStowe #UncleTom’sCabinorLifeAmongtheLowly #PresidentAbrahamLincoln #HarrietTubman #AramintaRoss #WilliamLloydGarrison #TheLiberator #emancipation #USConstitution #AnthonyBenezet
James I of Scotland (1394), Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787), #WilliamLloydGarrison (1805), Ada Lovelace (1815), César Franck (1822), Emily Dickinson (1830), Olivier Messaiaen (1908), Chet Huntley (1911), Kenneth Branagh (1960), Sarah Chang (1980) & Raven-Symoné [Pearman] (1985) were born #OnThisDay
"I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch - and I will be heard!"
✒ Abolitionist publisher and social reformer #WilliamLloydGarrison was #BOTD 10 December 1805.
William Lloyd Garrison
July 4, 1829 - Speaking at Boston’s Park Street Church, newspaper editor and abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison gave a seminal speech on “Dangers to the Nation.” Though Massachusetts had banned slavery in 1781 and there was strong anti-slavery sentiment,
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DYK some northern states tried to legalize mixed-race marriage in early 19thC? In 1832 MA, abolitionists #WilliamLloydGarrison (d.1855) & #LydiaMariaChild (d.1880) began a campaign to repeal the state law against mixed-race marriage.
“ #WilliamLloydGarrison (1805–1879) was an abolitionist and journalist who founded #TheLiberator in 1831, advocating for the immediate abolition of slavery and becoming a leading voice in the abolition movement.” #32n3presents #HonorOurHeroes #ChalkandInk
William Lloyd Garrison
#WilliamLloydGarrison was born #OnThisDay in 1805, becoming a leading figure in the movement to abolish #slavery & then of women's suffrage; while his anti-Semitism is inexcusable, he was right about the need to insist on principle over expedience...
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"I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch - and I will be heard!"
✒ Abolitionist publisher and social reformer #WilliamLloydGarrison was #BOTD 10 December 1805.