Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884)

Name:: Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884)
Title:: Wendell Phillips High School, Chicago, IL (1904)
memorial in Boston Public Gardens (1915)
Born:: 11/29/1811
Birthplace:: Boston, MA
Died:: 02/02/1884
Residence:: Boston, MA
Nationality:: American
Occupation:: Lawyer
Abolitionist
Orator
Native American rights activist
Father:: Phillips, John (11/26/1770 - 05/29/1823)
Mother:: Walley, Sarah
Relations:: Edward T. Channing, Professor of Oratory
William Lloyd Garrisson
Notes:: Admitted to Mass. State Bar, 1834
Opened Law practice in Boston, 1834
Converted to abolitionist cause by W.L. Garrison, 1836
Stopped practicing law to concentrate on abolition
Joined American Anti-Slavery Society
Joined Mass. Anti-Slavery Society, to horror of family who tried to throw him into an insane asylum
attempted to rescue secaped slave Anthony Burns from prison, 1854
Supported Southern secession, and opposed to Lincoln
Switched focus after 15th Amendment ratified, 1870
Publically criticized President Grant's drinking
Staunchly supported Indian rights, even after Battle of Little Big Horn (1876)