BORN: December 10, 1805
DIED: May 24, 1879
BIRTHPLACE: Newburyport, MA
EDUCATION: Not much in the way of formal education; but he was apprenticed to a printer/newspaper publisher
FAMILY BACKGROUND: Father abandoned the family in 1808; by age 11, Garrison had to support himself.
SLAVERY STATUS: Never Enslaved (White)
CONNECTIONS TO BOSTON: Born in a northern suburb (Newburyport); much of his abolitionist work took place in Boston
ABOLITION STRATEGIES AND TACTICS: Created a newspaper called The Liberator to give enslaved people information when they were trying to escape slavery
ABOLITIONIST GROUPS: Helped form the New England Anti Slavery Society
IMPACT ON END OF SLAVERY: See ABOLITION STRATEGIES AND TACTICS
OTHER INFO: Worked with Frederick Douglass to help move toward the abolition of slavery.
