Engraved on this monument it reads:
“Whether in chains or in
laurels
liberty knows nothing of victories"
Wendell Phillips
1811-1884
Prophet of Liberty
Champion of the Slave
In the monument above is of Wendell Phillips
which is located near the Boston Commons.
Phillips was a Bostonian; he was born in Boston, attended Harvard, and
had a law office in Boston. William Llody
Garrison inspired Phillips to become a slave abolitionist. Garrison had spoke at the Boston Female
Anti-Slavery Society in which Phillips had witnessed an attempted lynching of
Garrison. Shortly after that Phillips had
joined the American Anti-Slavery Society. He was an avid supporter of
anti-slavery.
In addition to be being a slave abolitionist, he was also an
advocator for Native Americans for them to have equal rights and
citizenship. Phillips was also a supporter
for women’s rights. He was actually was
a “close adviser” of Lucy Stone, a women’s suffragist, and he had guided her on
her petitions.
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