alleryStart learning →What did William Lloyd Garrison first publish on January 1, 1831?
AUncle Tom's Cabin
BThe Liberator
CThe Emancipator
DThe Free Soil Press
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. The Liberator
1. The extreme abolitionist approach found its leader in William Lloyd Garrison of Massachusetts.
2. On January 1, 1831, he produced the first issue of his newspaper, The Liberator.
3. It announced he would contend strenuously for the immediate enfranchisement of the slave population.
_Source: "An Outline of American History" (USIA, 1990, public domain), Ch 5 "Sectional Conflict"_
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