The Famous Abolitionist, and Prominent Advocate of Women's Rights!

(1805-79) Born in in Newburyport, Massachusetts, he was a newspaper publisher, and editor of the "The Liberator," a Boston newspaper that was a strong and influential voice for abolition which he began in 1831, and continued for 35 years. He was one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society and promoted the immediate and uncompensated emancipation of slaves in the United States. A price was put on his head, and he was burned in effigy, and gallows were erected in front of his Boston office. However, he did not believe in using force to gain his ends but, rather relied upon the use of moral persuasion. He opposed the war until after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Although he engaged in numerous other reforms, he is most famous for his stand against slavery. He would emerge as a leading advocate of women's rights, and he became a prominent voice for the women's suffrage movement. William Lloyd Garrison died of kidney disease in New York City, on May 24, 1879, surrounded by his children signing hymns. He was 73 years old. Garrison was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, on May 28, 1879. At his public memorial service, eulogies were given by Theodore Dwight Weld, and Wendell Phillips. Eight abolitionist friends, both black and white, served as his pallbearers. Flags were flown at half-staff all across Boston. Frederick Douglass, then employed as a U.S. Marshal, spoke in memory of Garrison at a memorial service in a church in Washington, D.C., saying, "It was the glory of this man that he could stand alone with the truth, and calmly await the result."

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Half view pose of the famous abolitionist and women's rights advocate. No back mark. Light wear, and minute edge chipping to the mount. Very fine.