Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1805 - 1879
Biographical Statement
Founder of the most significant anti-slavery publication, the Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison was an influential abolitionist who also helped organize the American Anti-Slavery Society.
Citation:
PBS.org biographyFound in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Heslip-Ruffin Family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 179
Scope and Contents
The Heslip-Ruffin Family Papers pertain to several generations of the Ruffin family beginning with Nancy Lewis and George W. Ruffin, who were both ante-bellum free Blacks. The collection includes correspondence between various family members and letters received by members of the Heslip-Ruffin Family, including those by Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. Legal documents, biographical data, news clippings, printed ephemera, and photographs document the achievements of various...
Dates:
Created: 1822-1946; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/1972
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Heslip-Ruffin Family papers
Joseph Rubinfine collection
Collection
Identifier: 2153
Scope and Contents
This small collection consists of autographs, correspondence, and images of prominent abolitionists. Includes autographs, all with brief quotations, from William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, Gerrit Smith, Charles Sumner, Parker Pillsbury, Anna E. Dickinson, and one unidentified person. Also present is correspondence, mostly brief letters of salutation, from Wendell Phillips, Parker Pillsbury, and Theodore Parker. Also included is a photograph of William Lloyd Garrison and a reproduced...
Dates:
Created: 1858-1878; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1986
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
/
Joseph Rubinfine collection