American Anti-Slavery Society

Founded in 1833, the American Anti-Slavery Society was a national abolitionist organization that campaigned for the immediate emancipation of enslaved people throughout the United States.

Abolitionist Movement: A movement seeking to end slavery, through gradual or immediate emancipation and varied political and social means. The society became one of the leading national organizations within this broader movement.
American Colonization Society: An organization founded in 1816 that promoted the relocation of free Black Americans to Africa, especially Liberia. Its gradualist and colonization program differed sharply from the society’s demand for immediate emancipation and Black rights.
Theodore Dwight Weld: An American abolitionist who trained antislavery lecturers and helped organize campaigns against slavery. Weld’s organizing and lectures strengthened the society’s antislavery network.
Abolitionist Schism of 1840: The split in the American Anti-Slavery Society over women’s participation and the use of political action. The society fractured when delegates disputed women’s leadership and engagement with electoral politics.
Abolitionist Newspaper: A periodical produced to oppose slavery and advance antislavery arguments and activism. The society circulated antislavery arguments through publications, including its newspaper The American Anti-Slavery Standard.
William Lloyd Garrison: An American abolitionist journalist who edited The Liberator and helped found the American Anti-Slavery Society. Garrison’s uncompromising abolitionism shaped the society’s founding program.
Frederick Douglass: An American abolitionist, writer, and orator who escaped slavery and became a leading advocate for emancipation. Douglass lectured for the society before later disputes over political strategy.
Anti-Abolitionist Riots: Episodes of mob violence in the United States directed against abolitionists and antislavery gatherings. The society’s organizing met violent resistance, including attacks on meetings and abolitionist institutions.
Antislavery Petition Campaigns: Organized efforts to send petitions opposing slavery or the slave trade to legislative bodies. The society mobilized signers to press Congress against slavery and the slave trade in Washington.
The Liberator: An abolitionist newspaper published in Boston by William Lloyd Garrison from 1831 to 1865. Garrison used the paper to build support for the organization before and after its founding.

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