The Massachusetts Abolition Society was an abolitionist organization founded by a group of individuals who disagreed with the progressive, and often radical, politics of William Lloyd Garrison and his followers of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. The former group particularly took issue with Garrison's non-government sentiments and advocacy of women’s rights.
The “New Organization,” as the society was known in Massachusetts, was formed in a meeting held on May 27, 1839, organized by D. S. King, Joseph Warren Alden, and Charles Turner Torrey. Other founding members includes Amos A. Phelps, Elizur Wright, Jr., Alanson St. Clair, John E. Fuller, William B. Dodge, Charles Tappan, Thomas Gould, H. M. Chamberlain, Timothy Merritt, William C. Brown, George Allen, Joshia Brackett, Nathaniel Clover, Dexter Fairbank, James Porter, and Orange Scott.