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Long
Road to Freedom,
continued |
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| In 1831, a powerful
abolitionist voice arose in Boston when William Lloyd Garrison began
publishing a weekly anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator. In
the first issue, Garrison wrote |
"I
do not wish to think, or speak,
or write, with moderation…
I am in earnest – I will not equivocate –
I will not excuse –
I will not retreat a single inch –
AND I WILL BE HEARD."
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In
1832, Garrison helped organize the New England Anti-Slavery Society;
this was the first organization dedicated to promoting immediate
emancipation.
Word of Garrison’s activities quickly spread to Plymouth.
A meeting was called in the Robinson Meeting-House and the
Plymouth Anti-Slavery Society was formed.
Plymouthean
Abby Morton Diaz remembered
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"Deep
interest was awakened, though among comparatively a few.
The large majority of the people, including, of course, the
wealthy and influential, held aloof in enmity or in contemptuous
indifference."
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The purpose of
the meetings - to discuss |
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Click HERE
for announcements of meetings of the Plymouth Anti-Slavery Society. |
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