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December 6, 1865

Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States.

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I am a believer in that portion of the Declaration of American Independence in which it is set forth, as among self-evident truths, “that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Hence, I am an

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For his views Garrison was despised by many Southerners. The state of Georgia even offered a five thousand dollar reward for Garrison's arrest and conviction. Garrison also played a role in the woman suffrage movement.

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#helpedendslavery  @wiarriet @TubmanHarriet @BeecherStowe @frederickDouglass @WilliamLloydGarrison @JohnnBrown @Abraham Lincoln.

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After taking a short trip to England in 1833, Garrison founded the American Antislavery Society, a national organization dedicated to achieving abolition.

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American Anti-Slavery Society, (1833–70), promoter, with its state and local auxiliaries, of the cause of immediate abolition of slavery in the United States. As the main activist arm of the Abolition Movement (see abolitionism), the society was founded in 1833 under the leadership of William Lloyd Garrison.

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He published The Liberator every week for thirty-five years. He gave speeches and helped found antislavery societies. He worked with, inspired (and on occasion offended) activists such as Charles Lenox Remond, Frederick Douglass, Lucy Stone, Abby Kelley Foster, Wendell Phillips, and others

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In 1832 he helped organize the New England Anti-Slavery Society, and, the following year, the American Anti-Slavery Society. These were the first organizations dedicated to promoting immediate emancipation. Garrison was unyeilding and steadfast in his beliefs.

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He called slavery a national sin and advocated the gradual emancipation of enslaved persons. Garrison then accepted Lundy's offer to move to Baltimore and take over publication of the antislavery newspaper Genius of Universal Emancipation.

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He called slavery a national sin and advocated the gradual emancipation of enslaved persons. Garrison then accepted Lundy's offer to move to Baltimore and take over publication of the antislavery newspaper Genius of Universal Emancipation.