Frederick Douglass became a leading voice against slavery after escaping bondage. Which of the following best describes his main methods for promoting abolition?

Serving in Congress and helping to pass new laws against slavery

Organizing large-scale factory strikes to disrupt the Northern economy

Publishing his autobiography and an influential antislavery newspaper

Leading secret raids to free enslaved people from Southern plantations

Frederick Douglass's role as a world-famous orator was grounded in his personal history. What experience gave him the authority to speak against slavery?

He was a wealthy Northern industrialist who opposed Southern economics.

He was a formerly enslaved person who had escaped to freedom.

He was a religious leader who had studied slavery in ancient texts.

He was a European journalist who moved to America to study the issue.

The right for states to ignore federal laws

The expansion of U.S. territory into Mexico

The creation of a new colony in West Africa

The fight for equality and women's rights

By raising large sums of money for political campaigns

By sharing their direct, personal experiences with the brutality of slavery

By organizing secret military rebellions across the South

By writing letters to European monarchs asking for intervention

Writing popular novels that were best-sellers in the North

Traveling widely to deliver passionate public speeches about her experiences

Founding and editing the abolitionist newspaper known as the North Star

Serving as a high-ranking official in an antislavery society