born Nov. 29, 1811, Boston, Mass., U.S.
died Feb. 2, 1884, Boston
U.S. reformer and abolitionist.
A wealthy graduate of Harvard Law School, he sacrificed social status and a prospective political career in order to join the antislavery movement. His reputation as an inspirational orator was established with his address at an abolitionist meeting in 1837 to protest the murder of William Lloyd Garrison and lectured widely at meetings of the {{link=American Anti-Slavery Society">American Anti-Slavery Society , serving as its president from 1865 to 1870. He also advocated prohibition, woman suffrage, prison reform, regulation of corporations, and labour reform.
Wendell Phillips
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.