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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2010
Gr 7-10 This informative biography deftly describes the man and the times in which he lived. Born in Massachusetts in 1805, Garrison overcame childhood poverty to find work in the newspaper business as a writer and editor. A staunch Federalist, he used his newspaper to promote his political beliefs and, after hearing Benjamin Lundy speak in 1828, devoted his life to the abolition of slavery. Garris...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
These texts tell the life stories of two vocal nineteenth-century abolitionists: one a Boston journalist (<i>Garrison</i>) and the other an author and former slave (<i>Douglass</i>). T...Log In or Sign Up to Read More


