Benjamin Franklin,president of the first American antislavery society,joined with Dr.Benjamin Rush to denounce the system.
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Garrison was effective in the antislavery movement by creating his own abolitionist's newspaper, "The Liberator," and be one of the first abolitioniststo call for the "Inmediate and complete emancipation" of enslaved people. And he also started the New England Antislavery Society in 1832 and the American Antislavery Society.
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In 1833, sixty abolitionist leaders met in Philadelphia to create the American Anti-slavery Society, which was the first of it's kind.
Benjamin Franklin,president of the first American antislavery society,joined with Dr.Benjamin Rush to denounce the system.
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William Lloyd Garrison was the president of the American Antislavery Society. The organization promoted greater good for slaves. Their antislavery activities were frequent met with violent reactions from the public, including attacks and destruction of property. Garrison and the members created a declaration that called for the group to remain pacifist and be willing, if necessary to die for the cause. Garrison and other members also advocated for education, black suffrage, land reform and temperance.
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American Colonization Society.In 1817, antislavery reformers from the North and the South founded the American Colonization Society.
The American Antislavery Society was founded in 1833.
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antislavery forces.
Yes, It was, in 1775.