Ezra Heywood

American Anarchist, Abolitionist, and Feminist

September 29, 1829 — May 22, 1893

Description : Ezra Heywood was born in 1829. He was an anarchist, slavery abolitionist, and feminist. He developed an individual anarchist philosophy that was fundamental in printing the Free Love magazine, The Word. (From : Anarchy Archives)

Tags : individualist, anarchist, abolitionist, feminist, american, women's suffrage, free lover, free speech.

Quotes :

"Government is only a scaffolding to build man; a temporary convenience, to secure order and justice, to vanish as we ascend into unison with ideas; the garment society wears to be refitted for larger life, or left behind for the next arrival in the cradle. The elements of growth and original sovereignty forever inhere in the people, and no government can be perpetual, any more than a coat can be perpetual." (From : "The War Method of Peace," by Ezra Heywood, 1863.)
"As yet, barbarism inspires the methods, and is the leading star of civilization. We have not ascended to the realm of ideas..." (From : "The War Method of Peace," by Ezra Heywood, 1863.)
"This savagery of materialism, the scent of blood rousing ferocious instincts, obtrudes the age of the brute into the age of man. Democratic freedom has not yet cuts its wisdom teeth..." (From : "The War Method of Peace," by Ezra Heywood, 1863.)

Biography :

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Ezra Heywood was born in 1829. He was an anarchist, slavery abolitionist, and feminist. He developed an individual anarchist philosophy that was fundamental in printing the Free Love magazine, The Word. In 1872, Heywood published the first issue of the magazine that would go on to print the works of influential anarchists such as Josiah Warren, William B. Greene, and Benjamin Tucker. In 1878, Heywood was convicted of violating the 1873 Comstock Act, which forbade the printing of "obscene material" like ideas of free love and anarchy, and was sentenced to two years' hard labor. Due to massive protests by free speech advocates, Heywood was pardoned, and continued to print The Word even though he was arrested four more times before his death in 1893.

From : Anarchy Archives.

Works :

Author of Uncivil Liberty: An Essay to Show the Injustice and Impolicy of Ruling Woman Without Her Consent (November 30, 1872)

Chronology :

September 29, 1829 : Ezra Heywood's Birth Day.
May 22, 1893 : Ezra Heywood's Death Day.
November 15, 2016 : Ezra Heywood's Added.
January 09, 2022 : Ezra Heywood's Updated.

Links :

Anarchy Archives: Ezra Heywood Archive
http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/bright/heywood/index.html
Anarchist Library: Ezra Heywood
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/ezra-heywood
Wikipedia: Ezra Heywood
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Heywood

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