William Lloyd Garrison (1805-79) was one of the most militant and uncompromising abolitionists in the United States. This engrossing book presents six essays that reevaluate Garrison's legacy, his accomplishments, and his limitations.

Excerpt from William Lloyd Garrison, Vol. 2: A Centenary Address The Oregon country has within the past days brought to a close a centenary celebration of national character and ex tent, commemorative of a splendid pioneering feat, the achieve ment of Lewis and Clark, who one hundred years ago under the inspiration of Thomas Jefferson fared forth into the wilderness, and, beating their way through the trackless wastes, added to the territory of the nation an area imperial in value and almost continental in scope. It does the American people little honor that while the Louisiana purchase of Jefferson and the Lewis and Clark journey of exploration and conquest have found ample commemoration, the citizenship of the land knows not or little cares that December tenth 1905, is the centenary of the birth of one of the noblest of Americans, one of the hardiest pioneers of the spirit, one of the greatest benefactors of a race, and therefore of the race, - William Lloyd Garrison. Like Lewis and Clark, Garrison was a pioneer, an explorer, a hero, a benefactor. While the exploration of Lewis and Clark lasted two years, Garrison's was the quest of a lifetime, a longer than thirty years' warfare with the terrible forces of slavery. The undertaking of Garrison was fraught with greater peril, for while Lewis and Clark set forth to face the dangers of forest and plain, after having equipped themselves with every weapon which foresight and means could command. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Profiles the life and work of the abolitionist and journalist who published his beliefs about antislavery.

Ladies and Gentlemen: An earnest espousal of the Anti-Slavery cause for a quarter of a century, under circumstances which have served in a special manner to identify my name and labours with it, will shield me from the charge of egotism, in assuming to be its exponent—at least for myself—on this occasion. All that I can compress within the limits of a single lecture, by way of its elucidation, it shall be my aim to accomplish. I will make a clean breast of it. You shall know all that is in my heart pertaining to Slavery, its supporters, and apologists.