--- title: "2 Theodore Dwight Weld Quotes - Famous Teacher (American slavery as it is)" description: "Theodore Dwight Weld was one of the architects of the American abolitionist movement during its formative years from 1830 to 1844, playing a role as wri..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-theodore-dwight-weld-90046.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Theodore Dwight Weld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-theodore-dwight-weld-90046.jpg) # Theodore Dwight Weld (1803–1895) Teacher United States **2** quotes in **37** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Theodore Dwight Weld was a teacher from the United States, best known for *American slavery as it is*. ## Quick Facts About Theodore Dwight Weld Born November 23, 1803 Died February 3, 1895 Nationality United States Profession Teacher Notable works American slavery as it is Spouse Angelina Grimké ## About Theodore Dwight Weld Theodore Dwight Weld was one of the architects of the American abolitionist movement during its formative years from 1830 to 1844, playing a role as writer, editor, speaker, and organizer. He is best known for his co-authorship of the authoritative compendium American Slavery as It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses, published in 1839. Harriet Beecher Stowe partly based Uncle Tom’s Cabin on Weld's text; the latter is regarded as second only to the former in its influence on the antislavery movement. Weld remained dedicated to the abolitionist movement until slavery was ended by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865. ## Quotes by Theodore Dwight Weld > [The Society is based on that great bottom law of human right, that nothing but crime can forfeit liberty. That no condition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dwight-weld/the-society-is-based-on-that-great-bottom-law-of-human-right-that/) [Theodore Dwight Weld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dwight-weld/) [Agents](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agents/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/theodore-dwight-weld-89160_agents_the-society-is-based-on-that-great-botto_125089.jpg) > [Every man knows that slavery is a curse. Whoever denies this, his lips libel his heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dwight-weld/every-man-knows-that-slavery-is-a-curse-whoever-denies-this-his-lips/) [Theodore Dwight Weld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dwight-weld/) [Curse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e28/theodore-dwight-weld-89160_curse_every-man-knows-that-slavery-is-a-curse_1517788.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dwight-weld/#itemlist", "name": "Theodore Dwight Weld Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Society is based on that great bottom law of human right, that nothing but crime can forfeit liberty. 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