American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
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american-and-foreign-anti-slavery-society-219-3543450
title:
American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
text:
The American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society split off from the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1840. The key issue was whether women could participate in abolitionist organizations; this Society was opposed. The origin of the split, according to Lewis Tappan, was William Lloyd Garrison's goals of "'making an experiment upon the public' by foisting a host of radical issues upon the society." Lewis Tappan and his brother, Arthur, aimed to create "a new organization that, in his draft, would for
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encyclopedia
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American abolitionist organization
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_Foreign_Anti-Slavery_Society
date created:
2007-02-21T04:19:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T10:53:35Z
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