Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society

The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society was organized as an auxiliary of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1835. Its roots were in New England Anti-Slavery Society, organized by William Lloyd Garrison, editor of The Liberator, in 1831. Garrison went on to organize a national organization, the American Anti-Slavery Society, in 1833.

At first the New England Anti-Slavery Society and the American Society worked together with the New England Society becoming an auxiliary in 1834. In 1835, however, the New England Society gave up its regional jurisdiction and reorganized into the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.^[1]

Following the Civil War the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society took up the cause of racial equality.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ Zorn, Roman J.,The New England Anti-Slavery Society: Pioneer Abolition Organization, The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 42, No. 3 (Jul., 1957), pp. 157-176
2. ^ "Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society--Thirty-Sixth Anniversary." (pdf). New York Times. January 28, 1870. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F03EFDF113BE63BBC4051DFB766838B669FDE. Retrieved 2009-08-12.