Question

How did men like William Lloyd Garrison, Reverend Lovejoy, and Fredrick Douglass participate in the abolitionist movement?

Answer 1

Garrison moved to Boston and on January 1, 1831, published the first issue of The Liberator. Calling for the immediate emancipation of all slaves and their integration into American society, Garrison was not widely supported even in the North. In the South, where Garrison's perceived support for Nat Turner's rebellion made him generally loathed, laws were passed that made circulation of The Liberator a crime.

Answer 2

Frederick Douglass a run away slave -was an articulate orator with striking features, Douglass accepted an invitation by the American Anti-Slavery Society to embark on a tour of speaking engagements, thus becoming noted as one of the country's original, outstanding African American speakers. He also lectured for two years in Britain.
Douglass returned to the United States, bought his freedom, and began to publish an abolitionist newspaper, the North Star, in 1847.

Answer 3

Reverend Lovejoy was a Congregational minister, an American minister and journalist who was murdered for his abolitionist views. He had defended his printing press and the right of free speech in Alton, Illinois.His anti-slavery, anti-censorship writings were a much needed voice at a
time when many people in Illinois just did not want to think or talk about slavery. He
refused to be quieted, and defended his right to freedom of the press until the end.
Lovejoy’s abolitionist writings and fight for the freedom of speech were influenced by
his religious beliefs and stirred a movement in Illinois that changed the whole country.