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William Lloyd Garrison

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- Born on December 12, 1805 in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
- Grew up poor. Felt very compassionate about them and understood them and their struggles.
- Apprenticed at the age of 13 to the local newspaper.
- Garrison's articles had a lot of anti-government ideas, which uneased a lot of people.
- Garrison lost his job because of this.
- Garrison got a job at another newspaper company and condemned a slave owner for his treatment of slaves.
- Garrison was sued and thrown in jail.
- After being released from Jail, Garrison began taking an interest of the slave trade and Slavery in the United States.
- Garrison became Radical and was targeted by many mobs for his ideas.
- Founded an antislavery organization.
- Garrison did not like the constitution since it agreed with certain aspects regarding slavery.

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-Slavery
- Reform Movements
- Tobacco
- Alcohol
- Women's Rights

As an abolitionist, Garrison was very against Slavery and the idea of it.

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- He wanted to better society by getting rid of slavery

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Garrison achieved most of his goals listed in the Problems list.
He supported a slave rebellion in the south, but was hesitant when it turned bloody and violent. He still supported it, but not the violence.

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"With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost."

-William Lloyd Garrison

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Garrison used newspapers and other forms of writing to spread his ideas of abolitionism

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Can persuade other northerners with his ideas of abolitionism. Has no effect on Southerners

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Can support acts of anti-slavery, from small protests to full on violent uprisings. If asked about the involvement in John Browne's storming of Harper's Ferry, he will deny all allegations and his involvement.