Uncompromising Spirits: The Entwined Careers of William Lloyd Garrison

which their respective worlds operated. Separated by an ocean but not by commitment these two abolitionist/reformers used their lives to effect repeals of laws that enslaved individuals. Both employed similar strategies one of which was the use of their own newspapers. Garrison‘s The Liberator and Butler’s The Shield spread the mission of their campaigns using the most effective tool of the day. Their life long commitment to liberty and justice was successful. Their actions and the resulting freedoms have remained even though their names are all but forgotten and they now, in the words of George Eliot “rest in unvisited tombs.1” These two character sketches serve to highlight and connect the actions of these remarkable individuals