What was the primary goal of reformers known as abolitionists during the 19th century?

To improve conditions in prisons

To secure the right to vote for women

To achieve the complete end of slavery

To establish public schools for all children

In 1831, how did William Lloyd Garrison contribute to the anti-slavery movement?

He organized a new political party to oppose slavery.

He founded an influential anti-slavery newspaper.

He led a violent uprising of enslaved people.

He was elected to Congress on an anti-slavery platform.

The gradual phasing out of slavery over fifty years

The immediate freedom for all people held in slavery

The plan to pay slaveholders for releasing their slaves

The proposal to send all enslaved people back to Africa

Organizing widespread economic boycotts of slave-produced goods

Focusing on electing political leaders who opposed slavery

Publishing newspapers to make moral arguments to the public

Funding legal challenges against slavery in the court system