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Birth
Newburyport, Massachusetts -
Period: to
Death
New York City , NY -
Embargo Act
Congress passes Embargo Act; Garrison family falls on hard times. -
Abandoned
William's father deserts the family. (Exact date unknown) -
Newburyport Herald
William begins working for the Newburyport Herald as a writer and editor. (Exact date unknown) -
National Philanthropist
William starts working for the National Philanthropist with Benjamin Lundy. (Exact date unknown) -
American Colonization Society
Joined an "abolistion movement" called the American Colonization Society--broke away from the group later after finding out that most of the group's intential purpouse was to actually preserve slavery. (Exact date unknown) -
The Liberator
1st issue date published----Boston, Massachusetts -
New Enlgand Antislavery Society
William helped form this organization.
(exact date unknown) -
American Antislavery Society
Garrison had a lot of new supporters and founded his own organization called the American Antislavery Society.
(exact date unknown) -
American Foreign and Antislavery Society.
Defectors formed their own rival organization(s). (exact date unknown) -
Publically Speaking
Garrison and former slave Frederick Douglas made a series of 40 anti-Union speeches in the Alleghenies. (exact date unknown) -
The Constitution
Publicly burned a copy of the Constitution because it permitted slavery. (exact date unknown) -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln passes the Emancipation Proclamation. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
William lived to see this amendment pass years before his final days. -
Death
New York City , NY
