| Birth Day | November 23, 1803 |
| Birth Place | Connecticut |
| Age | 216 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | Feb 3, 1895 (age 91) |
| Birth Sign | Sagittarius |
Nineteenth-century abolitionist, public speaker, and author. He is perhaps best remembered for co-writing the 1839 work American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses.
During his time at Hamilton College, he became a follower of evangelical preacher Charles Finney. In 1833, he helped establish the Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio.
During the 1830s and early 1840s, he edited an abolitionist publication called The Emancipator.
He married women's suffragist and fellow abolitionist Angelina Grimke in 1838.
Author Harriet Beecher Stowe based her famous novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, on Weld's American Slavery As It Is.
