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American Anti-Slavery Society
A leading force in the fight to end slavery, this organization pushed for immediate emancipation and helped turn abolition into a national movement. Its campaigns, petitions, and local chapters made it one of the most influential reform groups in 19th-century America.
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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 1833, the American Anti-Slavery Society was one of the central abolitionist organizations in the United States. It called for the immediate end of slavery and worked through a wide network of state and local auxiliaries to spread antislavery ideas, organize meetings, and publish arguments against slavery.
William Lloyd Garrison helped shape its message, and Arthur Tappan served as its first president. The society became known for its moral urgency, its activism, and its role in building a broad reform movement that included many prominent Black and white abolitionists.
Internal disagreements eventually led to splits in the movement, but the society remained an important part of the long campaign against slavery. It continued until 1870, after the Civil War and emancipation had transformed the cause it was created to advance.