William Lloyd Garrison

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and teased by other children. He didn't feel shamed in being poor but felt a wealth in shame that he did not have a father. He knew that someday he would make his mark and show everyone that he was someone.
Eventually William's mother decided she couldn't keep the family together any longer. She moved to Lynn, Massachusetts, and left William in Newburyport to live with the family of Deacon Ezekiel Bartlett. (Faber 19) The deacon agreed to keep William and feed and shelter him in exchange for a helping hand.
Young William would get up before the sun to get all the chores done that were assigned to him. If he got his work done then he was allowed to go to school. He was left-handed and his writing was awful. He was constantly scowled by the school master for the terrible unlegible handwriting. William decided the only way to perfect his skills was to write right-handed. So he practiced and forced himself to learn to be right-handed until his was the best script in ...

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the identity of "An Old Bachelor". Just when he thought he would be ridiculed he was promoted to foreman of the printing office. (Archer 18)
Besides his newspaper work, William found time to join a debating club. At every meeting he would speak on every topic. The people of the town thought he was very nervy. (Faber 32) However, William was just getting started. He had found his voice and intended to use it.
William wanted to make his mark on the world and being a printer in a small town like Newburyport-even a printer who also wrote-wouldn't make him famous.
Even before his term of service as an apprentice had ended, William was trying to get help on a bold scheme. A ...

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