USA HISTORY

LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861

REFORM MOVEMENTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the name of the weekly abolitionist newspaper?
A
The New York Sun
B
Chattanooga Daily Rebel
C
National Enquirer
D
The Liberator
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -From 1831 to 1865, William Lloyd Garrison, a vocal white abolitionist, edited a weekly newspaper, titled The Liberator, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Liberator (1831-1865) was the most widely circulated anti-slavery newspaper during the antebellum period and throughout the Civil War. It was published and edited in Boston by William Lloyd Garrison, a leading white abolitionist and founder of the influential American Anti-Slavery Society.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Liberator, weekly newspaper of abolitionist crusader William Lloyd Garrison for 35 years (January 1, 1831–December 29, 1865). It was the most influential antislavery periodical in the pre-Civil War period of U.S. history.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1821, Benjamin Lundy established the first American anti-slavery newspaper, The Genius of Universal Emancipation, in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. In 1831, William Lloyd Garrison of Boston began publishing The Liberator, which was to become one of the most famous antislavery newspapers in the country.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first issue of The Liberator, dated 1 January 1831, contains an editorial by its founder William Lloyd Garrison.

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