*most radical white abolitionist 

*lived in Massachusetts

*participates in religious reform movements

*wrote "The Liberator" 

*wanted immediate emancipation 

*many white abolitionists agreed w him

*founded the New-England Anti-Slavery Society

*many whites who did not believe in what he practiced and believed hated him

*free black

*told blacks to fight for their freedom

*did not believe in waiting for slave owners to end slavery

*wrote "Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World"

*huge advocate in fighting for freedom 

*never wanted to compromise-- immediate freedom

*rose above expectations for other black men

*born into slavery

*his owners wife taught him to read and write throughout 

* his owner was not happy when this was discovered and told her to stop making him "unfit to be a slave"

*believed that knowledge would be his pathway to freedom

*got a job

*earned wages but could not keep any

*eventually escaped

Major Leaders in Abolition/Emancipation Reform

William Llyod Garrison

David Walker

Frederick Douglass