"The great Anti-Slavery agitator, Wendell Phillips, was born in Boston, November 29, 1811, and was the son of the first Mayor of that city." —The Popular Cyclopedia, 1888

Wendell Phillips

"The great Anti-Slavery agitator, Wendell Phillips, was born in Boston, November 29, 1811, and was the…

An American abolitionist, Native American advocate and orator. After graduating from Harvard in 1831, he went on to attend its law school from which he graduated in 1833. In 1834, Phillips was admitted to the state bar, and in the same year, he opened a law practice in Boston.

Wendell Phillips

An American abolitionist, Native American advocate and orator. After graduating from Harvard in 1831,…