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Theodore Dwight Weld (November 23, 1803 – February 3, 1895) was one of the architects of the American abolitionist movement during its formative years from 1830 to 1844, playing a role as writer, editor, speaker, and organizer.
At Lane Seminary, Theodore Weld converted to immediate abolitionism. Weld and other abolitionist students organized a series of debates over eighteen days in February 1834 in order to convert their fellow students and faculty away from colonization and toward immediate abolition.
Theodore Dwight Weld, American antislavery crusader in the pre-Civil War era. His notable activities included writing pamphlets and converting Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, and James G. Birney to the cause. Learn more about Weld’s life and activism.
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I asked him how he could bear to see the little negro children beating their hoops, hallooing, and running about the streets, as we then saw them, their moral condition entirely neglected, while the whites were so carefully gathered into the schools.
Oct 11, 2016 · In 1834, a 30-year-old seminary student named Theodore Dwight Weld led what is arguably the most successful student rebellion in U.S. history.
He retired in 1844 and established schools for students of all races and sexes at Eagleswood, NJ in 1854 and then in the Raritan Bay Community, NY. He was back in action during the Civil War speaking for the Union cause and the Republican Party.
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In 1834 Weld left school to become an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. He recruited and trained people to work for the cause. His converts included such well-known abolitionists as Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher.
