 The rivalry between those who supported Garrison and those who opposed him was to become a major feature in the North during the two decades before the Civil War.African School

In 1787, Prince Hall petitioned the Massachusetts legislature for African American access to the public school system, but was denied.Eleven years later, after petitions by the black parents for separate schools were also denied, black parents organized a community school in the home of Primus Hall, Prince Hall's son, on the corner of West Cedar and Revere Streets on Beacon Hill.