Pratik Patel 11/21/11 3rd APUSH William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolitionist Crusade; Ralph Korngold Thesis:

William Lloyd devoted his life to being Gods chore boy. He spent his time giving speeches around the U.S. He had the help of his three friends Samuel J. May, Colonel Joseph May, and his brother-in-law Bronson Alcott. Quote: If my mind has since become liberalized in any degree, he wrote, if theological dogmas which I once regarded as essential to Christianity, I now repudiate as absurd and pernicious- I am largely indebted to them for the changes. This is saying how he truly feels about the abolitionist crusade. Vocabulary: congregation- people attending worship perceptible- detectable or audible avail- benefit or advantage Reason: 1. In his first issue of Garrisons newspaper he wrote. A. Every place he visited he would excite the minds of the people by a series of discourses on the subject of slavery, every place that I visited gave fresh evidence of the fact, that a greater revolution in public sentiment was to be effected in free states- and particularly in New England- than at the South. B. Found contempt more bitter, opposition more active, detraction more relentless, prejudice more stubborn, and apathy more frozen, than among slave owners themselves. C. Influenced large responsible for his abandonment of religious orthodoxy. 2. Now excused himself, saying: I have too many irons in the fire already. A. Dr. Beecher didnt like this. B. If he gave up your fanatical notations and be guided by us we will make you the Wilberforce of America. C. When Garrison wasnt giving a message he wrote letters to public men imploring them to declare themselves for immediate emancipation. 3. Three men were there who were destined to become Garrisons staunch friends and supporters. A. They had come together and were seated side by side. B. His friends called him Gods chore boy. C. His brother-in-laws daughter was to become a populate novelist.