This ID refers to the weekly newspaper issues published by William Lloyd Garrison, who was a famed and fierce abolitionist. The newspaper started in 1830, and continued long after the end of the Civil War in America. In 1866, the last issue was published, so the paper lasted through the proponents followers.
The newspaper had a small following, as distributors were punished with fines and their publishing houses were subject to closure from state legislatures and business bigwigs. The small audience, though, that the newspaper did have was mainly African-Americans, and the few slaves who could read. The newspaper was known for its continuing promise to advocate and reach for the complete and utter dissolution of slavery, and to push anti-slavery methods through Congress and the federal government.
The paper dissolved when the 13th Amendment was passed in 1865, when slavery was abolished, which was Garrison’s main objective. Garrison pushed for public interest in the mistreatment of fellow men (slaves), and tried for the education for African-Americans in the area of literacy. He felt that if they gained this knowledge, they would be able to make better decisions on how to fight for their basic human rights as a people. This ideal objective is manifested in Garrison’s opening letter, entitled “To the Public”.
Garrison never comprised his integrity, and kept the fight going until he finally got what he felt was deserved for his fellows; the 13th Amendment. His mission was to give a voice (and the ability to retain this voice) to people who could not (legally, in this case) speak up for themselves.
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[Stephanie Lestelle]
This ID refers to the weekly newspaper issues published by William Lloyd Garrison, who was a famed and fierce abolitionist. The newspaper started in 1830, and continued long after the end of the Civil War in America. In 1866, the last issue was published, so the paper lasted through the proponents followers.
The newspaper had a small following, as distributors were punished with fines and their publishing houses were subject to closure from state legislatures and business bigwigs. The small audience, though, that the newspaper did have was mainly African-Americans, and the few slaves who could read. The newspaper was known for its continuing promise to advocate and reach for the complete and utter dissolution of slavery, and to push anti-slavery methods through Congress and the federal government.
The paper dissolved when the 13th Amendment was passed in 1865, when slavery was abolished, which was Garrison’s main objective. Garrison pushed for public interest in the mistreatment of fellow men (slaves), and tried for the education for African-Americans in the area of literacy. He felt that if they gained this knowledge, they would be able to make better decisions on how to fight for their basic human rights as a people. This ideal objective is manifested in Garrison’s opening letter, entitled “To the Public”.
Garrison never comprised his integrity, and kept the fight going until he finally got what he felt was deserved for his fellows; the 13th Amendment. His mission was to give a voice (and the ability to retain this voice) to people who could not (legally, in this case) speak up for themselves.
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