The American Anti-Slavery Society was an abolitionist society in the United States. AASS formed in 1833 in response to the nullification crisis and the failures of existing anti-slavery organizations, such as the American Colonization Society.... Wikipedia
Founded: December 1833, Philadelphia, PA
Founders: William Lloyd Garrison and Theodore Dwight Weld
Headquarters: New York City
Dissolved: 1870; 154 years ago
Newspaper: National Anti-Slavery Standard (1840-1870)
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