On this day, the American Anti-Slavery Society officially disbanded in Boston, declaring its mission complete following the passage of the 15th Amendment, which granted Black men the right to vote. Founded in 1833 by William Lloyd Garrison and other leading abolitionists, the Society had played a central role in the fight to end slavery in the United States. Its dissolution marked the end of an era—and the beginning of a new phase in the struggle for racial justice and equality.
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