A Boston crowd mobs William Lloyd Garrison

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He is almost lynched and is thereafter placed in a jail for his own safety. Garrison was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper,

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, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "A Boston crowd mobs William Lloyd Garrison". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=10886, accessed 29 March 2024.]

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