Wendell Phillips

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Wendell Phillips was a prominent 19th-century American abolitionist and orator known for his powerful speeches against slavery and advocacy for social reform.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abolitionist
human
lawyer
orator
social reformer
advocatedFor Native American rights
immediate emancipation of enslaved people
labor rights
racial equality
women's rights
associatedWith American abolitionist movement
William Lloyd Garrison
burialPlace Milton Cemetery, Milton, Massachusetts, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1811-11-29
dateOfDeath 1884-02-02
educatedAt Boston Latin School
Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard Law School
familyName Phillips
genre abolitionist speeches
political oratory
givenName Wendell
knownForQuote “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Anti-Slavery Society
movement American abolitionist movement
surface form: American anti-slavery movement

abolitionism
labor reform movement
temperance movement
women's suffrage movement
surface form: women's rights movement
name Wendell Phillips self-link
notableFor advocacy for immediate abolition of slavery
powerful anti-slavery speeches
support for Native American rights
support for social reform causes
support for women's suffrage
occupation abolitionist
lawyer
lecturer
orator
opposed slavery in the United States
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
surface form: the Fugitive Slave Act
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
politicalAlignment radical abolitionist
positionHeld President of the American Anti-Slavery Society
residence Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
spouse Ann Terry Greene

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