frederick douglass became a leading speaker against slavery and publisher of an antislavery newspaper.
frederick douglass became a leading speaker against slavery and publisher of an antislavery newspaper.
who became a leading speaker against slavery and publisher of an antislavery newspaper?
frederick douglass
willis augustus hodges









































willis augustus hodges (february 12, 1815 – september 24, 1890) was an african american abolitionist, journalist, and statesman. though born to free parents, hodges became an outspoken advocate for enslaved african americans during the antebellum period, giving aid to the underground railroad, collaborating with such notable figures as william lloyd garrison, john brown and frederick douglass, and publishing an antislavery newspaper, "the ram’s horn." following the civil war, hodges was active in reconstruction politics, attending the state constitutional convention of virginia as a delegate from 1867 to 1868.









































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willis augustus hodges
massachusetts played a major role in the causes of the american civil war, particularly with regard to the political ramifications of the antislavery abolitionist movement. antislavery activists in massachusetts sought to influence public opinion and applied moral and political pressure on the united states congress to abolish slavery. william lloyd garrison (1805-1879), of boston began publishing the antislavery newspaper "the liberator" and founded the new england anti-slavery society in 1831, becoming one of the nation's most influential editors and abolitionists. garrison and his uncompromising rhetoric provoked a backlash both in the north and south and escalated regional tension prior to the war.
massachusetts in the american civil war