These he
published to the world on his return; and it has justly been
said of him, by John Quincy Adams, that his exertions alone,
under Providence, prevented the annexation of Texas to the
United States. This bold and single-hearted pioneer died not
long since in the State of Illinois, whither he repaired to take
the place of the lamented Lovejoy, who was murdered by a mob in
that State, in 1837.
"In 1831, Wm. Lloyd Garrison commenced, under great difficulties
and discouragements, the publication of the _Liberator_, in
Boston; and by the energy and earnestness of his appeals, roused
the attention of many minds to the subject of slavery. Shortly
after, a society was formed in Boston in favor of immediate
emancipation. It consisted at first, if I remember right, of
only twelve members. Previous to this, however, a society,
embracing very similar principles, had been formed in
Pennsylvania. In 1833, upwards of sixty delegates from several
of the free States, met at Philadelphia; among them were Elizur
Wright and Beriah Green, (who had been compelled to give up
their Professorships in Western Reserve [Ohio] College, for
their attachment to freedom,) Lewis Tappan, William Lloyd
Garrison, Charles W.
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