Birthdate: November 23, 1803
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hampton, Connecticut, United States
Died: February 3, 1895
Theodore Dwight Weld played a key role in the American abolitionist movement between 1830 and 1844. He was involved as a writer, editor, speaker, and organizer, co-authoring the influential work “American Slavery as It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses” in 1839. This work served as inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. Weld’s eloquence and powerful words were highly praised by Lyman Beecher, who described him as “as eloquent as an angel, and as powerful as thunder.” Weld continued his dedication to the abolitionist cause until the Thirteenth Amendment officially ended slavery in 1865.
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