William Garrison
William Garrison was seen by many to be a brilliant advocate of the American abolitionist movement, but he did not embody the principles of the movement, but he did not embody the principles of the movement as well as other abolitionists of the time, such as Frederick Douglass. William Garrison made use of his newspaper The Liberator to start a pacifist battle against slavery, and it eventually came to be regarded as an authoritative influence on radical social reform in general. Garrison generally insisted that slavery would be abolished only when the mass of white Americans experienced a revolution in their consciences. Therefore, he started programs of agitation that aimed to convert public opinion in favor of the emancipation of the slaves and race equality. He was extremely strict in his antislavery views, which were supported by many other abolitionists. Wendell Phillips for example, refused to eat sugar cane and wear cotton cloth because both were made from slave labor.
However, Garrison became more lenient in his pacifist creeds that insisted that slavery should not be ended violently later in his career. He was also more concerned with helping his own moralities. Garrison was also strongly against the South and any government that permitted slavery. He believed the North should separate from the South, but he did not clarify how a separation between the two regions could put an end to slavery itself. Frederick Douglass was more practical and used politics as part of his antislavery efforts, and was eventually supported by most abolitionists, including Garrison.