Abolition, slavery & women’s rights
William Lloyd Garrison
1805–1879
Massachusetts connection
Newburyport and Boston
Garrison published The Liberator, a Boston newspaper that demanded an immediate end to slavery. He worked with Black and white abolitionists. Newspapers carried ideas between communities and helped people organize. His life also shows that reformers sometimes disagreed about the best way to make change.
You can use your device’s reading tools or read with a partner.
Your turn, historian
Find a detail. Build an idea.
- What did this person or group do? Point to a detail in the reading.
- What unfair rule or practice did this person challenge, and how?
- What would you like to find out next? Which kind of source could help?
“William Lloyd Garrison mattered because ___. A detail that supports my idea is ___.”
Follow the evidence.
This short reading is an original classroom summary. Open the source with your teacher to check details and learn more.
Read the source: National Park Service ↗Ask: Who made this source? What can it tell us? What might it leave out?