Wendell Phillips
Wendell Phillips | |
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A daguerrotype by Mathew Brady of Wendell Phillips in his forties | |
| Born | November 29, 1811 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | February 2, 1884 (aged 72) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Burial place | Milton Cemetery |
| Education | Harvard University (AB, LLB) |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Known for | Abolitionism, advocacy for Native Americans |
| Parent(s) | Sarah Walley John Phillips |
Wendell Phillips (November 29, 1811 – February 2, 1884) was an American abolitionist, labor reformer, temperance activist, advocate for Native Americans, orator, and attorney.
According to George Lewis Ruffin, a black attorney, Phillips was seen by many black people as "the one White American wholly color-blind and free from race prejudice". Another black attorney, Archibald Grimké, saw him as ahead of William Lloyd Garrison and Charles Sumner as an abolitionist leader. From 1850 to 1865 he was the "preeminent figure" in American abolitionism.