Basic Information
Name: Plymouth County Anti-Slavery Society, Old Colony Anti-Slavery Society
Nickname: Plymouth Fighting Pilgrims, Plymouth Proletariat, Plymouth Pro-PayingforLabor Society
Born: Constitution of the Old Colony Anti-Slavery Society adopted July 4, 1834
Died: Anti-slavery societies were no longer necessary after the achievement of abolition through the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment, but many abolitionists redirected their energies to the cause of racial justice and equality and/or women's rights.
Nationality: United States of America
Hometown: Plymouth, Massachusetts
WORK & EDUCATION
Occupation: Speaking, writing, listening, learning, fundraising, and otherwise advocating for the cause of abolition.
Education: Varied, but received anti-slavery education through William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator, the official publication of the New England Anti-Slavery Society
FAMILY & FRIENDS
Parents: American Anti-Slavery Society, New England Anti-Slavery Society, Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, Massachusetts General Colored Association
Siblings: Other local anti-slavery societies in Northern states
Spouse: What do you think this is, a dating agency?
Children: After abolition was achieved through the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment, most anti-slavery societies continued to work for racial justice and equality.
Friends: William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass
Foes: Slaveholders, supporters of slavery, people apathetic about slavery
Analysis
Organized in 1834, the Plymouth County Anti-Slavery Society (or Old Colony Anti-Slavery Society) was one of many local abolitionist groups that operated under the umbrella of the New England Anti-Slavery Society (and later the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society), which was founded by William Lloyd Garrison in 1831.
Garrison also was instrumental in founding the American Anti-Slavery Society, which managed state-based organizations like the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. In 1835, the New England Anti-Slavery Society reorganized and handed regional jurisdiction over to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. New name, same goal.