William Lloyd Garrison (1805-79) was one of the most militant and uncompromising abolitionists in the United States. As the editor of the abolitionist paper The Liberator and cofounder of the American Anti-Slavery Society, Garrison spent most of "William Lloyd Garrison has a special and continuing meaning in the American imagination. This book raises significant questions about his life, tactics, and commitment that still resonate in the body politic."―Robert H. Abzug, University of Texas at Austin -- Robert H. Abzug “William Lloyd Garrison’s historical significance and legacy remain fiercely contested, and the two hundredth anniversary of his birth provides a propitious time to reassess the life of the man who helped to make slavery an inescapable moral issue.”―Steven Mintz, Columbia University -- Steven Mintz James Brewer Stewart is James Wallace Professor of History, Emeritus at Macalester College. He lives in St. Paul, MN.