Thoughts on African Colonization by William Lloyd Garrison

by William Lloyd Garrison

Overview

In THOUGHTS ON AFRICAN COLONIZATION, American abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison discusses the efforts to colonize freed American slaves in Liberia. While Garrison initially supported colonization as a means to remedy endemic racism and discrimination, he later turned against it.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015839180
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	11/16/2012
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	953 KB

About the Author

William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879) was a prominent American abolitionist, publisher, and activist. Born in Massachusetts, Garrison joined the nascent abolitionist movement in 1830, and was briefly a proponent of resettling freed slaves in Africa. After colonization had fallen out of favor with most American abolitionists, Garrison struck out on his own, founding the anti-slavery newspaper THE LIBERATOR in 1831 and co-founded the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1833, which grew into the largest anti-slavery organization in the United States. In addition to abolition, Garrison was an early supporter of the Women's Rights movement in the United States.