theodore dwight weld

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Definition of theodore dwight weld in English English dictionary

born Nov. 23, 1803, Hampton, Conn., U.S. died Feb. 3, 1895, Hyde Park, Mass. U.S. reformer. He left divinity studies to become an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society (1834). His pamphlets The Bible Against Slavery (1837) and Slavery as It Is (1839) helped convert figures such as James Birney, Henry Ward Beecher, and Harriet Beecher Stowe to the antislavery cause. He married his coworker Angelina Grimké (1838), and they directed schools and taught in New Jersey and Massachusetts. In 1841-43 Weld organized an antislavery reference bureau in Washington, D.C., to assist congressmen seeking to repeal the gag rule restricting the consideration of antislavery petitions in Congress

Hyphenation

The·o·dore Dwight Weld

Turkish pronunciation

thiıdôr dwayt weld

Pronunciation

/ˈᴛʜēəˌdôr ˈdwīt ˈweld/ /ˈθiːəˌdɔːr ˈdwaɪt ˈwɛld/