William Lloyd Garrison

My name is William Lloyd Garrison and, I was born in Maine, Newburyport. My father was a merchant who abandoned me at the age of three. Growing up, I always loved writing when I was thirteen, I received an apprenticeship as an editor for Ephraim W. Allen and worked for Mr. Allen for seven years. After my apprenticeship, I started a newspaper company called Newburyport Free Press.

However, My news company was not a success due to my Federalist viewpoint at the time. I then moved to Boston and landed a job as printer and editor for National Philanthropist. I then accepted a meeting with Benjamin Lundy, who offered me to be the editor of Genius of Emancipation in Vermont. 

Some of my beliefs are that I believe that no, matter what race you are, or gender you should be treated equally to everyone for, that's what the united states stand for. Anyone in favor of slavery does not have good morals and doesn't stand for the USA.

I believe anyone in favor of slavery should do the job of a slave and see how well they like the job. Anyone who beats a slave should also beat as I believe in justice. As my mother once told me always, treat everyone the way you would want to be treated.

In 1830 I started my abolishment paper called The Liberator. The motto of my book was, "our country is the world our, countrymen are mankind." My paper built my reputation of being a notable abolitionist. 

In 1832, I helped form the New England Anti-Slavery Society which, signified a step towards abolition. Some of my fellow abolitionist supporters gradually deserted to pacifists due to me not wanting to take political action. I soon realized that the right thing to do was to make anti-Union speeches.

I made up to forty with Frederick Douglas. I believe when: the Constitution was, written black people were not protected by it because they couldn't become US citizens. "Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion."

The last thing I would like to say is that I could not imagine being taken away from my beloved country to work for another man. I don't think any person would ever want to be separated from their family than to never see them again. No person should ever have to go through this. One of my famous quotes is  "My crime is that I will not go with the mob to do evil. My flaw is that when I say that freedom is of God and slavery is of the devil, I mean just what I say. My passion is that I insist on the American people abolishing slavery, or ceasing to prate on the rights of man." 

In 1861 the Civil War broke out and, I used my journalism to support Abe Lincoln even if we didn't have the same beliefs. Then after the Civil War ended in 1865, slavery was finally outlawed. Using my journalism helped abolish slavery and create better lives for people soon.