Essay Archive - Wendell Phillips
Wendell Phillips
Wendell Phillips was born on November 29, 1811. He was a well-known
American reformer. His career of attempting to reform American society spanned
47 years. He put most of his energy into opposing slavery and supporting
women's right's, labor reform, and temperance. In 1865 he attacked the
Constitution. He attacked it because it supported slavery.
He had married Ann Terry Greene. Greene had been taught by William Lloyd
Garrison. Garrison and Phillips became friends.
As the Civil War approached he became more and more certain that
violence must be employed to abolish slavery. When the war c....
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