American Anti-Slavery Society

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abolitionist organization nonprofit organization social reform organization

The American Anti-Slavery Society was a prominent 19th-century abolitionist organization in the United States that campaigned for the immediate end of slavery through moral persuasion, activism, and widespread publications.

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Label	Occurrences
American Anti-Slavery Society canonical	31
American Anti-Slavery Society (political wing)	1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abolitionist organization ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ social reform organization ⓘ
causeOfSplit	disagreements over women’s rights and political action ⓘ
conflictWith	American Colonization Society ⓘ many southern state governments ⓘ pro-slavery politicians ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1870 ⓘ
earlyStrategy	nonviolent moral persuasion ⓘ
experienced	internal split in 1840 ⓘ
foundedBy	Angelina Grimké ⓘ Arthur Tappan ⓘ John Greenleaf Whittier ⓘ Lewis Tappan ⓘ Samuel Joseph May ⓘ surface form: Samuel J. May Sarah Moore Grimké ⓘ surface form: Sarah Grimké Theodore Dwight Weld ⓘ William Lloyd Garrison ⓘ
hadBranch	local anti-slavery societies ⓘ Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ surface form: state anti-slavery societies
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Antebellum era ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major national organization advocating immediate abolition before the Civil War ⓘ
ideology	abolitionism ⓘ anti-slavery ⓘ pacifism (early years) ⓘ
inception	1833 ⓘ December 1833 ⓘ
influenced	Republican Party anti-slavery politics ⓘ abolitionist movement in the United States ⓘ emergence of women’s rights movement ⓘ
locatedIn	Philadelphia ⓘ
membership	included both Black and white abolitionists ⓘ
motto	immediate emancipation ⓘ
notableMember	Abby Kelley Foster ⓘ Angelina Grimké ⓘ Charles Lenox Remond ⓘ Frederick Douglass ⓘ John Greenleaf Whittier ⓘ Lucretia Mott ⓘ Lydia Maria Child ⓘ Maria Weston Chapman ⓘ Samuel Joseph May ⓘ surface form: Samuel J. May Sarah Moore Grimké ⓘ surface form: Sarah Grimké Sojourner Truth ⓘ Theodore Dwight Weld ⓘ Wendell Phillips ⓘ William Lloyd Garrison ⓘ
opposed	colonization schemes to Africa ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ
organized	1833 Philadelphia convention ⓘ annual anti-slavery meetings ⓘ national lecture tours ⓘ petition drives to the U.S. Congress ⓘ
positionOnRace	equality of Black and white Americans ⓘ
positionOnSlavery	immediate abolition without compensation to slaveholders ⓘ
positionOnWomen	support for women’s public activism ⓘ
publication	Anti-Slavery Examiner ⓘ The National Anti-Slavery Standard ⓘ surface form: National Anti-Slavery Standard The Anti-Slavery Record ⓘ The Emancipator ⓘ The Liberator ⓘ
purpose	abolition of slavery in the United States ⓘ promotion of immediate, unconditional emancipation ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Midwestern United States ⓘ Northern United States ⓘ
resultedIn	formation of American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
supported	use of political action by some members (later years) ⓘ
usedMethod	boycotts of slave-produced goods ⓘ mass petition campaigns ⓘ moral suasion ⓘ newspaper publishing ⓘ printed pamphlets and tracts ⓘ public lectures ⓘ public meetings and conventions ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Lloyd Garrison → coFounded → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

William Lloyd Garrison → associatedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Anti-Slavery Office → usedBy → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Wendell Phillips → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Sydney Howard Gay → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

American abolitionist movement → notableOrganization → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Samuel Gridley Howe → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

The Liberator → associatedOrganization → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

No Compromise with Slavery → associatedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Frederick Douglass → associatedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society → affiliatedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Lucretia Mott → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Liberty Party → precededBy → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Anti-Slavery Society (political wing)

The National Anti-Slavery Standard → publisher → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

The National Anti-Slavery Standard → foundedBy → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

The National Anti-Slavery Standard → associatedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Henry Brewster Stanton → employer → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Angelina Grimké → associatedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society → supported → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Theodore Dwight Weld → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Henry Highland Garnet → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society → separatedFrom → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

New England Anti-Slavery Society → associatedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Thomas Wentworth Higginson → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Abby Kelley Foster → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Charles Lenox Remond → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Arthur Tappan → coFounded → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Arthur Tappan → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Lewis Tappan → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Anti-Slavery Examiner → publisher → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Anti-Slavery Examiner → associatedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Anti-Slavery Examiner → sponsor → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ