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Phillips, Wendell
Born: 1811 AD
Died: 1884 AD, at 72 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Abolitionist, Orators
Died: 1884 AD, at 72 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Abolitionist, Orators
1811 - Born on November 29th in Boston, Massachusetts. An abolitionist crusader whose oratorical eloquence helped fire the antislavery cause during the period leading up to the American Civil War.
1837 - Phillip's reputation as an orator was established at Faneuil Hall, Boston.
1861-1865 - During the Civil War, he assailed President Abraham Lincoln's reluctance to uproot slavery at once.
- After the Emancipation Proclamation, he threw his support to full civil liberties for freedmen.
- Became president of the American Anti-Slavery Society after Garrison resigned.
1870 - He was an unsuccessful Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate of the Labor Reform and Prohibition parties.
1884 - Died on February 2nd in Boston.
1837 - Phillip's reputation as an orator was established at Faneuil Hall, Boston.
1861-1865 - During the Civil War, he assailed President Abraham Lincoln's reluctance to uproot slavery at once.
- After the Emancipation Proclamation, he threw his support to full civil liberties for freedmen.
- Became president of the American Anti-Slavery Society after Garrison resigned.
1870 - He was an unsuccessful Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate of the Labor Reform and Prohibition parties.
1884 - Died on February 2nd in Boston.
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Oman a History by Wendell Phillips (Hardcover - Nov 7, 1971)  |
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The Lesson Of The Hour: Wendell Phillips On Abolition&Strategy by Warren Leming and Wendell Phillips (Paperback - Jan 1, 2001) The Abolitionists were revolutionaries, willing to tear up the Southern economy and society by the roots, wreck Northern commerce, and disrupt the Union irretrievably. They renounced all traditional... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Review of Lysander Spooner's essay on the unconstitutionality of slavery: reprinted from the "Anti-slavery standard," with additions by Wendell Phillips (Paperback - Jan 1, 1970) This volume is produced from digital images from the Cornell University Library Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Wendell Phillips by Edward Livingston Taylor (Unknown Binding - Jul 7, 2008) |
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Speech of Wendell Phillips, Esq., at the Convention, held at Worcester, Oct. 15&16, 1851 by Wendell Phillips (Unknown Binding - Jul 7, 2008) |
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A eulogy on Wendell Phillips: Together with the proceedings incident thereto, letters, etc by Archibald Henry GrimkeĢ (Unknown Binding - Jan 1, 1970) |
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