Wendell Phillips
(1811-1884), Slavery abolitionistEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 4 portraits
Wendell Phillips was an American abolitionist crusader whose eloquent speeches helped fire the antislavery cause during the period leading up to the American Civil War. Trained in the law, Phillips abandoned his legal career in order to join the antislavery movement. He became a close associate of the abolitionist leader William Lloyd Garrison and began lecturing for antislavery societies, writing pamphlets and editorials for Garrison's The Liberator, and contributing financially to the abolition movement. Phillips became recognised as one of the most brilliant orators of his day. In 1865 he succeeded Garrison as president of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840
by Benjamin Robert Haydon
oil on canvas, 1841
On display in Room 12 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
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'The Abolition of the Slave Trade' (The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840)
by John Alfred Vinter, after Benjamin Robert Haydon
lithograph, circa 1846-1864 (1841)
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'The Abolition of the Slave Trade' (The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840)
by John Alfred Vinter, after Benjamin Robert Haydon
lithograph, circa 1846-1864 (1841)
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'The Abolition of the Slave Trade' (The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840)
by John Alfred Vinter, after Benjamin Robert Haydon
lithograph, circa 1846-1864 (1841)
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