soon struck for Garrison while in Baltimore. A merchant, who was involved in the coastal slave trade, sued Garrison for libel. The merchant won his case, and Garrison was sentenced to six months in jail (Reynolds, 18). Money was donated to pay Garrison's fine and he was released after serving seven weeks of his sentence.
             Garrison was prompted to join the Abolitionist Movement upon his release from jail. He joined the American Colonization Society at the age of 25. The organization believed that free blacks should emigrate to a colony on Africa's west coast. At first, Garrison believed the organization promoted the freedom of blacks, but he soon found out otherwise. The majority of the members of the American Colonization Society did not want to free blacks and wanted to reduce the number of free blacks in the United States in order to preserve the institution of slavery ("William...). Garrison soon disassociated himself from the American Colonization Society.
             A year following his departure from the American Colonization Society, William Garrison established The Liberator, an anti-slavery journal, on January 1, 1831. Garrison believed that slaves should be emancipated immediately. He believed that freed blacks could assimilate into mainstream culture successfully. Garrison was also hopeful that all blacks would someday be equal to their white counterparts in society. His views were the opposite of those believed by the American Colonization Society. He believed that the movement toward emancipation should be passive and nonviolent, and sending free blacks in the United States to Africa could not end slavery. During a speech at Park Street Church in Boston, Garrison stated:
             "Sirs, I am not come to tell you that slavery is a cur
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