Question

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

Answer 1

They spoke out publicly against it and demanded for the abolition of slavery. Garrison was known for harshly attacking the institution of slavery through his newspaper, the Liberator, and for creating a radical abolitionist movement which demanded for immediate abolition without compensation for the slave owners. Lovejoy was also associated with the press as his newspaper, The St. Louis Observer, also spoke out against slavery; moreover, he was martyred during an attack on his printing press by a pro-slavery group. Frederick Douglass was a former slave who escaped and later wrote many books and traveled along Northern America speaking of the horrors he suffered under slavery; he was also associated with the women's right movements and gained favour from feminists groups toward his cause.