william lloyd garrison

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Glasgow, [Scotland], to Henry Clar...

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...

Samuel Joseph May writes William Lloyd Garrison inviting him to the antislavery convention to take place on January 7-9, and requests that should Garrison be unable to attend that he assist May in persuading Ge... More

Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Llo...

James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison discussing a work Garrison is about to publish (likely his "Thoughts on African Colonization"), sharing his hope that it "may be the means of opposing, in full, the... More

Letter from Jacon Merrill Manning, Boston, [Mass.] to William Lloyd Ga...

Jacob Merrill Manning notifies William Lloyd Garrison that he was visited that morning by a Mr. Hayward, a "gentleman connected with the Liberator", whom Manning gave his permission to list him among the speake... More

Letter from Joseph Cassey, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William ...

Joseph Cassey writes to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp "with much satisfaction" after seeing Arnold Buffum listed as the general agent for the Liberator in Pennsylvania in the last issue of the Liberato... More

Eminent anti-slavery men; William Lloyd Garrison.

William Lloyd Garrison

Portrait, bust, facing right. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Letter from Henry Egbert Benson, Providence, [Rhode Island], to Willia...

In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Henry Egbert Benson reports to Garrison that some new subscribers have not yet received their first copies of the Liberator and sends him money for another new subscrib... More

Letter from George William Benson, Providence, [Rhode Island], to Will...

George William Benson writes to William Lloyd Garrison informing him that he has "nothing new to communicate respecting the Canterbury affair" but he plans to travel there with Rev. Thomas Williams later in the... More

Freedom: Abolition - Blackstone River Valley

Even after the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade by the United State government in 1808, slavery continued in the country until the passage of the 13th Amendment at the end of the American Civil War. ... More

Letter from Lydia White, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Ll...

Lydia White writes to William Lloyd Garrison sharing her desire to assist in "the support and circulation of the Liberator" and sending Garrison the names of four new subscribers, promising to "cheerfully embra... More

Letter from George Douglas Campbell Argyll, Argyll Lodge, Kensington, ...

In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, the Duke of Argyll invites him, along with his son and daughter, to have breakfast at their house the following morning. The letter states that if the 10am breakfast is... More

Letter from Thomas Hughes, Lincoln's Inn, 3 Old Square, London, to Wil...

Hughes writes Garrison to offer his congratuations & respects concerning Garrison's support of Abraham Lincoln's re-election, & denounces those within the American Abolition movement which have broken with Garr... More

Letter from Anne Knight, to William Lloyd Garrison, [October] 14 [18]4...

Anne Knight offers William Lloyd Garrison her prayers for his continued good health in his work. Knight laments the burdens of the annexation of Texas and the election of a "pro-slavery president", labelling it... More

Letter from Helen Magill White, London, [England], to William Lloyd Ga...

Helen Magill writes William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for his kindness and for the letter of introduction which he has seen to provide her. Magill details her struggles with mathematics, calling them her "bêt... More

Henry Browne Blackwell, photo mechanical print and 80th birthday poem ...

Public domain illustrated book page scan, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...

James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison describing his happiness to hear that Garrison is "about establishing a paper in Boston." Forten declares, "I hope your efforts may not be in vain; and may the 'Lib... More

Proposals for publishing a weekly periodical in Washington City, to be...

Letter from Charles Marriott, Hudson, N[ew] Y[ork], to William Lloyd G...

Charles Marriott writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him ten dollars to pay for a number of Liberator subscriptions. He then comments on recent events like the Clerical Appeal as causing him "sadness & som... More

Letter from Aaron Macy Powell, Ghent, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garriso...

Aaron Macy Powell informs William Lloyd Garrison that he and his family have enjoyed Fanny Garrison's visit, and writes that she bears characteristics of both of her parents. Powell writes that Fanny shares Gar... More

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury, [Mass.], to Oliver Johnso...

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Letter from Susan Brownell Anthony, Anti-Slavery Office, New York, to ...

Letter from Charles E. Buell, Office of the New England Association fo...

Letter from Charles Marriott, Hudson, N[ew] Y[ork], to William Lloyd G...

Charles Marriott writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him ten dollars to pay for a number of Liberator subscriptions. He then comments on recent events like the Clerical Appeal as causing him "sadness & som... More

Letter from Charles Marriott, Hudson, N[ew] Y[ork], to William Lloyd G...

Charles Marriott writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him ten dollars to pay for a number of Liberator subscriptions. He then comments on recent events like the Clerical Appeal as causing him "sadness & som... More

A brief sketch of the trial of William Lloyd Garrison, for an alleged ...

Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Letter from John Keep, Oberlin, Ohio, to William Lloyd Garrison, June ...

John Keep informs William Lloyd Garrison that he was "gratified" by the notice that Garrison was compiling a history of the abolitionist movement in America, exclaiming that it will be "a precious boon" to the ... More

Letter from Sydney Howard Gay, Office of the Tribune, New York, to Wil...

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Llo...

Samuel Joseph May writes to William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for sending "the present of 50 copies" of his Discourse and encouraging him to visit Brooklyn sometime during the month. He then discusses his new... More

Letter from James Cropper, Liverpool, [England], to William Lloyd Garr...

James Cropper writes to William Lloyd Garrison after receiving a bound volume of the Liberator for 1833 and telling him that he had subscribed through Joseph Sturge to receive the Liberator regularly. He then p... More

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Rockledge, [Roxbury, Mass.], to Fa...

Letter from Joshua Reed Giddings, Bangor, Maine, to William Lloyd Garr...

Letter from Oliver Johnson, [New York, N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garriso...

Oliver Johnson inquires if William Lloyd Garrison is quite certain that he had not been paid for one of his articles published in the Independent, as Johnson states that the accounting ledgers show that a check... More

Letter from Robert Rutherford, [Brown County, Ohio], to William Lloyd ...

Robert Rutherford writes to William Lloyd Garrison "on a subject that has lately absorbed all my feelings, I mean the slavery of our country." He mentions the efforts of the Chilicothe Presbytery to educate fre... More

Letter from Oliver Johnson, [New York, N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garriso...

Oliver Johnson inquires if William Lloyd Garrison is quite certain that he had not been paid for one of his articles published in the Independent, as Johnson states that the accounting ledgers show that a check... More

Letter from Charles Marriott, Hudson, N[ew] Y[ork], to William Lloyd G...

Charles Marriott writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him ten dollars to pay for a number of Liberator subscriptions. He then comments on recent events like the Clerical Appeal as causing him "sadness & som... More

Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe, Andover, [Massachusetts], to Willia...

In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe acknowledges Garrison's letter published in the Liberator on December 23, 1853 in reply to her letter, and she says she did not reply immediately ... More

Slavery and the Boston riot. The following letter was written, shortly...

Title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 56, Folder 15.

The Anti-Suffragist by William Lloyd Garrison

Note: Although written years ago, still appropriate

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Baltimore, [Md.], to Ebenezer Dole...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Baltimore, [Md.], to Ebenezer Dole...

Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Llo...

James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison pleased that Garrison "is still urging onward unintimidated by the many threats of personal violence from the South." He discusses the Southern hatred for the Liber... More

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Ebenezer Dole,...

Letter from Lydia White, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Ll...

Lydia White writes to William Lloyd Garrison after hearing "that the people of Boston and New Hampshire are becoming uneasy with using the produce of slave labor". She regrets, "that we have not a full supply a... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Llo...

Samuel Joseph May writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him "eight pages more of my sermon." He explains that he has enlarged it since it was delivered in Boston and has preached this newer sermon to his con... More

Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...

James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison telling him "the Liberator is highly valued here by all who have had opportunity to judge of it and others who have already heard of it are very anxious to peruse i... More

Letter from Charles Wheeler Denison, Stonington, [Conn.], to William L...

Charles Wheeler Denison apologizes for not having done more for the slave and the abolitionist cause. Denison first heard of William Lloyd Garrison through Prentice, "late of the Hartford Review." Denison has f... More

Letter from Henry Egbert Benson, Providence, [Rhode Island], to Willia...

In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Henry Egbert Benson reports to Garrison that some new subscribers have not yet received their first copies of the Liberator and sends him money for another new subscrib... More

Letter from James P. Stewart and Robert W., Jacksonville, Ill[inois], ...

James P. Stewart and Robert W. Patterson write to William Lloyd Garrison stating that their community has discussed both the ideas of Garrison and his Liberator, as well as those of the American Colonization So... More

Letter from Henry Egbert Benson, Providence, [Rhode Island], to Willia...

In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Henry Egbert Benson reports to Garrison that some new subscribers have not yet received their first copies of the Liberator and sends him money for another new subscrib... More

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Henry Egbert B...

Letter from John Kenrick, Newton, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Ga...

John Kenrick writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him money for Benjamin Lundy's newspaper, The Genius of Universal Emancipation. Kenrick says he has "supported that work from the beginning" and also sends ... More

Letter from Harriet Winslow Sewall, Melrose, [Mass.], to William Lloyd...

Harriet Winslow Sewall regrets not having been inspired to write anything suitable for the Liberty Bell. She encloses a "trifle which may assist in the bodily development of the little book tho' I cannot contri... More

Letter from Simeon Smith Jocelyn, New Haven, [Connecticut], to William...

Simeon Smith Jocelyn writes to William Lloyd Garrison expressing his regret at not being able to attend the annual meeting of the New England Anti-Slavery Society. He asks if a letter he wrote "on the subject o... More

Letter from Lester Anson Miller, Woodstock, [Vermont], to William Lloy...

Lester Anson Miller writes this letter to William Lloyd Garrison in the form of a rhyming poem. He tells Garrison that his parents have allowed to him receive the Liberator but although, "I still desire to see ... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Llo...

Samuel J. May writes to William Lloyd Garrison requesting a copy of an earlier Liberator as he "wish[es] to preserve a complete file." He then comments on some recent articles in the Liberator before discussing... More

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Henry Egbert B...

Letter from Arnold Buffum, Providence, [Rhode Island], to William Lloy...

In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Arnold Buffum mentions his plans to travel to New York and discusses meetings held in Canterbury, Connecticut, "to devise ways and means to suppress P[rudence] Crandall... More

Letter from John Greenleaf Whittier, Haverhill, [Massachusetts], to Wi...

John Greenleaf Whittier writes to William Lloyd Garrison sharing his joy at the success of Garrison's "English Mission." He remarks on the progress of the antislavery cause and says that "we shall before long o... More

Letter from Orson S. Murray, Shoreham, [Vt.], to William Lloyd Garriso...

Orson S. Murray writes William Lloyd Garrison on a number of matters, opening with a brief philosophizing concerning the cutting down of a large true wherein he laments that cutting down the "root of popular er... More

Letter from Joseph Cassey, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William ...

Joseph Cassey writes to William Lloyd Garrison explaining that while people are interested in the periodical, the Abolitionist, "there exists in many cases a want of ability" as many African-Americans are "dest... More

Letter from Nathan Blount, Poughkeepsie, [New York], to William Lloyd ...

Nathan Blount writes to William Lloyd Garrison identifying himself as "one of the misfortunate race (which you are endeavoring to raise)" and telling Garrison that he fears he was misunderstood in a previous le... More

Letter from John B. Cutler, Boston, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison...

John B. Cutler regards William Lloyd Garrison as a Moses going forth to plead the cause of the colored race. John B. Cutler writes: "Therefore we will offer up our Humble Petition to Heaven in your behalf, that... More

Letter from Henry Egbert Benson, Providence, [Rhode Island], to Willia...

Henry Egbert Benson writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him money to pay for 8 subscriptions to the Liberator and 3 to the Abolitionist. Benson then mentions a "long letter from Friend [Arnold] Buffum .. r... More

Letter from Prudence Crandall, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Llo...

Prudence Crandall writes this letter to "Mr. Editor" (William Lloyd Garrison was in England at the time) and describes her arrest and imprisonment, along with her sister, Almira Crandall, "for the crime of teac... More

Letter from Samuel N. Sweet, Adams, Jefferson County, N[ew] Y[ork], to...

Samuel N. Sweet writes to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp informing them that he has "obtained much valuable information on the subject of slaver, as it exists in our country, by the perusal of your exce... More

Letter from Louis O. Cowan, Augusta, [Maine], to William Lloyd Garriso...

Louis O. Cowan writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him five dollars to pay for his Liberator subscription and for copies of Garrison's "Thoughts on African Colonization." Cowan celebrates "the unexampled s... More

Letter from Robert Bernard Hall, New Haven, to William Lloyd Garrison,...

Letter from Martin Robinson and Henry Egbert Benson, Providence, [Rhod...

Martin Robinson writes to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp about the planned enlargement of the size of the Liberator. Robinson suggests that the Liberator be "put in the Quarto form" pointing out that th... More

Copy of letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Amos F...

Letter from Henry Egbert Benson, Prov[idence, Rhode Island], to Willia...

Henry Egbert Benson writes to William Lloyd Garrison passing along a message from his father, George Benson, that Garrison "will of course make his house your home as long as you remain in Brooklyn [Connecticut... More

Letter from Arnold Buffum, [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], to William Ll...

Arnold Buffum writes to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp acknowledging his "Draft on the Treasurer of the Society for the ballance [sic] of my account rendered." Buffum discusses the outstanding bills of ... More

Letter from Erastus Brooks, Haverhill, [Massachusetts], to William Llo...

In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Erastus Brooks describes how he has denied "one of the many scandalous libels which ingratitude and calumny has heaped upon you." Brooks details how he refuted a claim ... More

Letter from Lewis Tappan, New York, [New York], to William Lloyd Garri...

Lewis Tappan writes to William Lloyd Garrison asking about the proper date to hold the monthly "Concert of prayer for our colored brethren." He asks Garrison whether the fourth Monday or the last Monday of each... More

Letter from Amos Augustus Phelps, Amesbury [Mass.], to William Lloyd G...

Amos A. Phelps writes that he had “four grand meetings in Dover,” and is on his way to Boston. He asks Garrison to use extreme care in regard to the “American Union” question, and proposes a series of issues (i... More

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Freedom's Cottage, Roxbury, [Mass....

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to George Benson,...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Samuel Joseph ...

Letter from Susan Paul, Boston, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Ap...

Susan Paul relates to William Lloyd Garrison that the account published in the Liberator of the racial prejudice she experienced in the form of the "uncivil treatment we received from the drivers of the coaches... More

Letter from William Raymond, Amherst College, [Amherst, Massachusetts]...

William Raymond writes to William Lloyd Garrison declaring that he "wish[es] to do everything in my power for the elevation of the colored people." He asks Garrison about teaching in "a select, or any other kin... More

Receipt for payment made from Mr. James Campbell to William Lloyd Garr...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Henry Egbert...

Letter from Isaac Knapp, Boston, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Gar...

Isaac Knapp writes to William Lloyd Garrison thanking God that he "is "now, comparatively, safe from the fury of a misguided and ferocious mob." Knapp states that while no more violence has occurred since Garri... More

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to George Benson,...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Henry Egbert...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, New York, to Helen Eliza Garrison,...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, New York, to Helen Eliza Garrison,...

Letter from Arnold Buffum to William Lloyd Garrison, 1835 Jan[uar]y 28

In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Arnold Buffum sets out his views in an article titled, "Christian Rulers." On the second page, Buffum begins his letter to Garrison, telling him the subject of his arti... More

Letter from W. Ferguson Hutson, Pocotaligo, S.C., to William Lloyd Gar...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Henry Egbert...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Helen Eliza Ga...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to George Willi...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Helen Eliza Ga...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to David Lee Ch...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to George Willi...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Helen Eliza Ga...

Letter from Nathaniel Peabody Rogers, Plym[outh, New Hampshire], to Wi...

Nathaniel Peabody Rogers writes to William Lloyd Garrison introducing him to David Ames, "a genuine & worthy abolitionist." He says Ames is traveling to Boston and "feels the desire natural to all abolitionists... More

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Henry Egbert...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, New York, to Helen Eliza Garrison,...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Effingham La...