African Meeting House, Boston, Massachusetts
Item
Creator
Garrison, William Lloyd
Title
African Meeting House, Boston, Massachusetts
Description
The African Meeting House, the site of many early antislavery meetings in Boston, where William Lloyd Garrison and eleven other white antislavery activists founded the New England Anti-Slavery Society in 1832. The New England Society merged with the General Colored Association, an older African American antislavery organization in 1833. From William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879: The Story of His Life, Volume I, Part II, by Wendell Phillips Garrison, (NY, 1885), extra illustrated edition, image opposite page 280. Handwritten caption below image: "The African Baptist Church in Smith Court, Belknap Street. Birthplace of the New England Anti Slavery Society."
Date
1892
Source
Digital Public Library of America
Contributor
Rogers, Tammy
Bibliographic Citation
Garrison, William Lloyd,, 1805-1879. African Meeting House, Boston, Massachusetts. 1892. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.masshist.org/database/1684. (Accessed July 5, 2021.)