Wendell Phillips (1811-1884)

Phillips was an American reformer and orator who graduated from Harvard law school and was admitted to the bar in 1834, but having sufficient income of his own, he abandoned his law practice to devote his life to fighting for sound causes, chiefly the abolition of slavery. He believed that the government owed blacks not merely their freedom, but land, education, and full civil rights as well. Phillips is most often remembered for his role in the abolition movement as the American anti-slavery society’s president and chief spokesman, but he was a strong advocate of many other social reforms including prohibition, woman’s suffrage, the abolition of capital punishment, currency reform, and the rights of labor.

Date:
1865 circa 15 years
Original Format:
Photographic Print
Item#:
MES03282
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946px
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621px
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