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William Lloyd Garrison and the American Anti-Slavery Society were known for (A)...

Oct 21, 2023

William Lloyd Garrison and the American Anti-Slavery Society were known for (A) advocating immediate and uncompensated emancipation (B) advocating colonization by former slaves in West Africa (C) advocating the use of tariff revenues to purchaseslavesfromslaveholders (D) opposing women’s participation in public abolitionist meetings (E) supporting the Kansas-Nebraska Act’s provisions regarding slavery

Key Concept

KC-5.2.II: In the mid-19th century, increasing numbers of Americans began to challenge the institution of slavery and its expansion into new territories, leading to a series of political and social conflicts.

Explanation

William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, which he founded in 1831 with Isaac Knapp, and was published in Massachusetts until slavery was abolished by Constitutional amendment after the American Civil War. He was one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and he promoted "immediate emancipation", the immediate and uncompensated end of slavery. Therefore, the answer is (A) advocating immediate and uncompensated emancipation.

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