Which abolitionist published The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and founded The North Star?

Which abolitionist published The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and founded The North Star?

• A. William Lloyd Garrison
• B. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• C. Sojourner Truth
• D. Frederick Douglass

Answer: (D)

Frederick Douglass is the one who both published his own narrative and founded The North Star. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845) is his gripping autobiographical account of a life in slavery and his escape to freedom, which helped reveal the harsh realities of slavery to a broad audience. After gaining influence, he started The North Star in 1847 as a newspaper dedicated to abolishing slavery and promoting equal rights. William Lloyd Garrison did publish a famous abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, and supported Douglass, but he did not found The North Star. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth were leading abolitionists and later suffrage advocates, but they were not the publishers of Douglass’s narrative or the founder of The North Star.

Frederick Douglass is the one who both published his own narrative and founded The North Star. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845) is his gripping autobiographical account of a life in slavery and his escape to freedom, which helped reveal the harsh realities of slavery to a broad audience. After gaining influence, he started The North Star in 1847 as a newspaper dedicated to abolishing slavery and promoting equal rights. William Lloyd Garrison did publish a famous abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, and supported Douglass, but he did not found The North Star. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth were leading abolitionists and later suffrage advocates, but they were not the publishers of Douglass’s narrative or the founder of The North Star.