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American Anti-Slavery Society
A leading force in the fight against slavery, this group pushed the bold idea of immediate emancipation at a time when that demand was still considered radical. Its speakers, newspapers, and local chapters helped turn abolition into a national moral and political cause.
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The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 4 of 4
by American Anti-Slavery Society
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4
by American Anti-Slavery Society
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus
by American Anti-Slavery Society
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4
by American Anti-Slavery Society
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4
by American Anti-Slavery Society
The Anti-Slavery Record, Volume 1, No. 7
by American Anti-Slavery Society
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Founded in Philadelphia in 1833, the American Anti-Slavery Society became one of the most important organizations in the U.S. abolitionist movement. It called for the immediate end of slavery and worked through a growing network of state and local auxiliaries to spread that message across the country.
The society is closely linked with major abolitionist figures including William Lloyd Garrison, and it used lectures, pamphlets, newspapers, and public campaigns to rally support. Its activism helped keep slavery at the center of national debate in the decades before the Civil War.
The organization also reflected tensions within the reform movement of its time. Disagreements over strategy and the role of women in public leadership contributed to a major split in 1840, but the society remained a powerful symbol of uncompromising antislavery activism and continued until 1870.