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Newburyport, Massachusetts
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New York City , NY
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Congress passes Embargo Act; Garrison family falls on hard times.
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William's father deserts the family. (Exact date unknown)
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William begins working for the Newburyport Herald as a writer and editor. (Exact date unknown)
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William starts working for the National Philanthropist with Benjamin Lundy. (Exact date unknown)
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Joined an "abolistion movement" called the American Colonization Society--broke away from the group later after finding out that most of the group's intential purpouse was to actually preserve slavery. (Exact date unknown)
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1st issue date published----Boston, Massachusetts
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William helped form this organization.
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Garrison had a lot of new supporters and founded his own organization called the American Antislavery Society.
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Defectors formed their own rival organization(s). (exact date unknown)
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Garrison and former slave Frederick Douglas made a series of 40 anti-Union speeches in the Alleghenies. (exact date unknown)
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Publicly burned a copy of the Constitution because it permitted slavery. (exact date unknown)
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President Abraham Lincoln passes the Emancipation Proclamation.
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William lived to see this amendment pass years before his final days.
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New York City , NY
