William Lloyd Garrison
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William Lloyd Garrison at National Portrait Gallery IMG 4392.JPG
Portrait of William Lloyd Garrison by Nathaniel Jocelyn, oil on panel, 1833, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Born December 10, 1805
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Died May 24, 1879 (aged 73)
New York City, New York,
Occupation American abolitionist
William Lloyd Garrison (December 10, 1805 – May 24, 1879) was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, and was one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He promoted "immediate emancipation" of slaves in the United States. Garrison was also a prominent voice for the women's suffrage movement.