HIST405N Week 2 Quick Quiz: Manifest Destiny to Jacksonian Democracy

What was William Lloyd Garrison best known for?

Leading the Civil War
Founding Oberlin College
Publishing The Liberator newspaper and fighting for the immediate end of slavery ✅
Writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Correct answer: Publishing The Liberator newspaper and fighting for the immediate end of slavery ✅
William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent abolitionist who founded the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator in 1831 and strongly advocated for the immediate abolition of slavery in the United States……………………………………….$5