William

Lloyd
Garrison
Abolitionist

Developed writing and editing skills from working for the Newbury Port.
Joined the American Colonization Society believing that it was promoting blacks to
immigrate to a place now known as Liberia. He later learned that this was trying to
preserve slavery by lowering the amount of blacks instead of promoting their
freedom and happiness. He publicly apologizes later for being a part of this group.
Once he left the American Colonization Society he started to co-edit an anti-slavery
paper called The Genius of Universal
Emancipation, but after some differences with the co-editor
he started his own paper called The Liberator.
In his paper he stated his beliefs on how slaves should be
immediately emancipated, this was an uncommon belief during
this time.
While writing for The Genius of Emancipation, he was
charged a suit of libel for his writings against a company, the trial
was at a proslavery court in which he was sentenced to 6 months
or $100 bail which he could not afford. After 7 weeks an anti-slavery
philanthropist, Arthur Tappan, bailed him out.

 Not only did he write in his newspaper about his principles,

but he also had enough time to travel and preach about this
beliefs.
I am aware that many object to the severity of my language;
but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and
as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to
think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! No! Tell a man
whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to
moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell
the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into
which it has fallen;but urge me not to use moderation in a
cause like the present. I am in earnestI will not equivocate
I will not excuseI will not retreat a single inchAND I WILL
BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,
and to hasten the resurrection of the dead.

William Lloyd Garrison, "To the Public," from the Inaugural Editorial in the January 1, 1831, issue of The
Liberator

He was the president of the Anti-Slavery Society until 1965

Was involved in one of Bostons most controversial trials: Washington Goode
This was a trial about the murder of a black mariner, he argued about the case in The
Liberator.