American Anti-Slavery Society

E80531

abolitionist organization nonprofit organization social reform organization

The American Anti-Slavery Society was a prominent 19th-century abolitionist organization in the United States that campaigned for the immediate end of slavery through moral persuasion, activism, and widespread publications.

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Label	Occurrences
American Anti-Slavery Society canonical	48
American Anti-Slavery Society (political wing)	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T641171 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: American Anti-Slavery Society
Context triple: [William Lloyd Garrison, coFounded, American Anti-Slavery Society]

A. British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society was a 19th-century British abolitionist organization dedicated to ending slavery and the slave trade worldwide through political advocacy, public campaigning, and international cooperation.
B. Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society
The Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society was a British humanitarian organization that campaigned against slavery and for the rights and welfare of Indigenous peoples throughout the British Empire and beyond.
C. Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade
The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade was a British abolitionist organization founded in 1787 that led the campaign to end the transatlantic slave trade through public advocacy, lobbying, and mobilizing support in Parliament.
D. American Colonization Society
The American Colonization Society was a 19th-century organization that promoted and organized the migration of free African Americans to Africa, leading to the founding of Liberia.
E. Anti-Slavery Office
The Anti-Slavery Office was an abolitionist organization’s headquarters and publishing center that produced influential antislavery literature and supported the broader campaign against slavery in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: American Anti-Slavery Society
Target entity description: The American Anti-Slavery Society was a prominent 19th-century abolitionist organization in the United States that campaigned for the immediate end of slavery through moral persuasion, activism, and widespread publications.

A. British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society was a 19th-century British abolitionist organization dedicated to ending slavery and the slave trade worldwide through political advocacy, public campaigning, and international cooperation.
B. Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society
The Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society was a British humanitarian organization that campaigned against slavery and for the rights and welfare of Indigenous peoples throughout the British Empire and beyond.
C. Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade
The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade was a British abolitionist organization founded in 1787 that led the campaign to end the transatlantic slave trade through public advocacy, lobbying, and mobilizing support in Parliament.
D. American Colonization Society
The American Colonization Society was a 19th-century organization that promoted and organized the migration of free African Americans to Africa, leading to the founding of Liberia.
E. Anti-Slavery Office
The Anti-Slavery Office was an abolitionist organization’s headquarters and publishing center that produced influential antislavery literature and supported the broader campaign against slavery in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abolitionist organization ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ social reform organization ⓘ
causeOfSplit	disagreements over women’s rights and political action ⓘ
conflictWith	American Colonization Society ⓘ many southern state governments ⓘ pro-slavery politicians ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dissolved	1870 ⓘ
earlyStrategy	nonviolent moral persuasion ⓘ
experienced	internal split in 1840 ⓘ
foundedBy	Angelina Grimké ⓘ Arthur Tappan ⓘ John Greenleaf Whittier ⓘ Lewis Tappan ⓘ Samuel J. May ⓘ linked to: Samuel Joseph May Sarah Grimké ⓘ linked to: Sarah Moore Grimké Theodore Dwight Weld ⓘ William Lloyd Garrison ⓘ
hadBranch	local anti-slavery societies ⓘ state anti-slavery societies ⓘ linked to: Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Antebellum era ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major national organization advocating immediate abolition before the Civil War ⓘ
ideology	abolitionism ⓘ anti-slavery ⓘ pacifism (early years) ⓘ
inception	1833 ⓘ December 1833 ⓘ
influenced	Republican Party anti-slavery politics ⓘ abolitionist movement in the United States ⓘ emergence of women’s rights movement ⓘ
locatedIn	Philadelphia ⓘ
membership	included both Black and white abolitionists ⓘ
motto	immediate emancipation ⓘ
notableMember	Abby Kelley Foster ⓘ Angelina Grimké ⓘ Charles Lenox Remond ⓘ Frederick Douglass ⓘ John Greenleaf Whittier ⓘ Lucretia Mott ⓘ Lydia Maria Child ⓘ Maria Weston Chapman ⓘ Samuel J. May ⓘ linked to: Samuel Joseph May Sarah Grimké ⓘ linked to: Sarah Moore Grimké Sojourner Truth ⓘ Theodore Dwight Weld ⓘ Wendell Phillips ⓘ William Lloyd Garrison ⓘ
opposed	colonization schemes to Africa ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ
organized	1833 Philadelphia convention ⓘ annual anti-slavery meetings ⓘ national lecture tours ⓘ petition drives to the U.S. Congress ⓘ
positionOnRace	equality of Black and white Americans ⓘ
positionOnSlavery	immediate abolition without compensation to slaveholders ⓘ
positionOnWomen	support for women’s public activism ⓘ
publication	Anti-Slavery Examiner ⓘ National Anti-Slavery Standard ⓘ linked to: The National Anti-Slavery Standard The Anti-Slavery Record ⓘ The Emancipator ⓘ The Liberator ⓘ
purpose	abolition of slavery in the United States ⓘ promotion of immediate, unconditional emancipation ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Midwestern United States ⓘ Northern United States ⓘ
resultedIn	formation of American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
supported	use of political action by some members (later years) ⓘ
usedMethod	boycotts of slave-produced goods ⓘ mass petition campaigns ⓘ moral suasion ⓘ newspaper publishing ⓘ printed pamphlets and tracts ⓘ public lectures ⓘ public meetings and conventions ⓘ

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Referenced by (49)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Lloyd Garrison → coFounded → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

William Lloyd Garrison → associatedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Anti-Slavery Office → usedBy → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Wendell Phillips → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Sydney Howard Gay → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

American abolitionist movement → notableOrganization → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Samuel Gridley Howe → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

The Liberator → associatedOrganization → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

No Compromise with Slavery → associatedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Frederick Douglass → associatedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society → affiliatedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Lucretia Mott → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Liberty Party → precededBy → American Anti-Slavery Society (political wing) ⓘ

linked to: American Anti-Slavery Society

The National Anti-Slavery Standard → publisher → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

The National Anti-Slavery Standard → foundedBy → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

The National Anti-Slavery Standard → associatedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Henry Brewster Stanton → employer → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Angelina Grimké → associatedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society → supported → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Theodore Dwight Weld → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Henry Highland Garnet → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society → separatedFrom → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

New England Anti-Slavery Society → associatedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Thomas Wentworth Higginson → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Abby Kelley Foster → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Charles Lenox Remond → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Arthur Tappan → coFounded → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Arthur Tappan → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Lewis Tappan → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Anti-Slavery Examiner → publisher → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Anti-Slavery Examiner → associatedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Anti-Slavery Examiner → sponsor → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

William Jay → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

James G. Birney → workedOn → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

James G. Birney → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Theodore Sedgwick Wright → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Rochester abolitionist community → collaboratedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Sarah Mapps Douglass → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society → alliedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses → publisher → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses → usedBy → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Slavery and the Internal Slave Trade in the United States → associatedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

The Bible Against Slavery → associatedWith → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Thomas Wentworth Higginson → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

subject linked to: Higginson

Mary Grew → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Samuel J. May → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Sarah Parker Remond → memberOf → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

The Liberator → associatedOrganization → American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

subject linked to: The Liberator (abolitionist newspaper)

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