Julia Ward Williams Garnet (July 1, 1811 - January 7, 1870) was an American abolitionist who was active in Massachusetts and New York.
Born free in Charleston, South Carolina, she moved with her family as a child to Boston, Massachusetts, and was educated in the North.
She married abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet and in 1852 they traveled to Jamaica to work as missionaries, where she headed an industrial school for girls.
Julia Ward Williams was born to free people of color in Charleston, South Carolina in 1811.
After the school closed due to public violence, Williams went to the Noyes Academy in Canaan, New Hampshire.
[6][7] In 1841 Williams married Henry Highland Garnet, a teacher, minister, and prominent African-American leader of the abolitionist movement who was based in New York City.
[11][12] Julia continued her campaigning for abolition in New York, working with the Female Benevolent Society of Troy,[13] and running fundraising bazaars for the anti-slavery newspaper Impartial Citizen.
[17] on January 7, 1870(1870-01-07) (aged 58)[2] Anna Maria Weems lived in the Garnet household, joining them in their journey to Jamaica.