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William lloyd garrison11/14/2022 ![]() It will also give indication of the strength of his continued commitment to those issues throughout his life. This essay seeks to outline some of the origins of Garrison’s choice, as life led him to give priority to work for the rights and role of women in the movement. Understanding Garrison’s view of the “woman question”, can provide insight into the debate he faced, and over which historians continue in disagreement. Historians will forever debate the wisdom or foolishness of Garrison’s organizing efforts in regard to this expansion of concern. Some claimed that the inclusion of other issues strengthened the possibility of coalitions others saw only a division which weakened the antislavery effort. Inclusion of “ancillary” issues became the source of constant division among anti-slavery advocates. The articulation by Garrison of a “human rights” vision, is an indication of the broadness of vision which enabled the editor to absorb into the anti-slavery movement Garrison rejoiced that the question was broadened into a larger vision of “human rights”. This only hints at the importance of that London Convention in the history of both anti-slavery and women’s rights. Sarah Pugh, became active in Philadelphia. William and Mary Howitt, English reformers, moved by the London decision, took similar concerns into their anti-slavery work as they continued in Germany. The English Quaker, Anne Knight’s feminist consciousness was enflamed, and she later raised the issue in France. We know from his own words, that he was doubtful about the importance of the question, but in that conversation was converted to support the rights of women. Lucretia also had a conversation at the Convention, with the Irish liberator, Daniel O’Connell. Lucretia Mott recorded in her diary that she and Cady Stanton, at the meeting, “resolved to hold a convention to advocate the rights of women”. Historian Claire Midgley indicates that it was the first time that the “woman question” was debated in London during a public meeting. The issue of women’s rights was much influenced and motivated by the action of the convention. The group created attention, and as leader of the American delegation, it was sometimes said that Garrison dominated the convention without saying a word. Joining him in a small gallery overlooking the convention floor were Charles Lenox Remond, Nathaniel P. Garrison refused to participate in the proceedings, because of the exclusion of the women. The conflict was carried across the ocean, and in early sessions at the London convention, before Garrison’s late arrival, an action denied women of the American delegation any voice or representation on the floor of the convention. Abby Kelley had been elected to the business committee, but her election enflamed an already conflicting issue. The American Anti-Slavery Society, at its annual meeting, prior to the scheduled London Convention, had been the scene of vitriol and division over the issue of electing women to its Board. The call to the 1840 gathering went across the ocean to American anti-slavery societies. Realizing the necessity for a coalition with American anti-slavery forces, they created the new British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. It had become evident to leaders of the British Antislavery Society that slavery was going to be almost impossible to end in the British colonies in the Indies so long as it flourished in the nearby American states. The setting is the first international convention of anti-slavery forces, called by the British and Foreign Antislavery Society, to gather in London. One “moment” in the story of Garrison’s life which is frequently cited for its significance, came when he led a silent protest against the exclusion of women delegates at the 1840 London convention. The Constitution and a Call for DisunionĪ view by the author / researcher / collector, Horace Seldon.The “Oughtness” of Life was Primary for Garrison.Slavery and the White Population, North and South.Garrison, The Agitator, and War Without Slavery.Garrison on Violence, Nonviolence, and the Use of Force.Garrison’s Political Activity, Moral Vision, Public Opinion and Lincoln.Garrison and the Trans-Atlantic Abolition Movement.Introduction to Friendships Forged in Fire.Selections from The Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison’s Abolitionist Newspaper.Boston-based Abolitionist newspaper, published by William Lloyd Garrison, 1831-1865 ![]()
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