American Anti-Slavery Society
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The
American Anti-Slavery Society (
1833-
1870) was founded by
William Lloyd Garrison, and by
Arthur Tappan.
Frederick Douglass was a key leader of the society and often spoke at its meetings. William Wells Brown was another freed slave who often spoke at meetings. By 1835, the society had 1,000 local chapters with around 150,000 members. Famous members included
Theodore Dwight Weld, Lewis Tappan,
Lydia Child,
Maria Weston Chapman,
Henry Highland Garnet,
Samuel Cornish,
James Forten,
Charles Lenox Remond,
Robert Purvis, and
Wendell Phillips.
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