William Lloyd Garrison
American journalist
William Lloyd Garrison was an American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known for his widely read anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator, which Garrison founded in 1831 and published in Boston until slavery in the United... Wikipedia
Born: December 10, 1805, Newburyport, MA
Died: May 24, 1879 (age 73 years), New York, NY
Parents: Abijah Garrison and Frances Maria Lloyd
Children: Wendell Phillips Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison Jr., Fanny Garrison Villard, and more
Organizations founded: American Anti-Slavery Society and New England Anti-Slavery Society
Spouse: Helen Eliza Benson (m. 1834–1876)
Grandchildren: Oswald Garrison Villard, William Lloyd Garrison III, Rhodes Anthony Garrison, and more