Gerrit Smith played an influential role in persuading Frederick Douglass to abandon which Garrisonian principle?

A) political noninvolvement
B) gradual emancipation
C) colonization
D) violent resistance

Garrisonian Principle

Named after abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, it embodies the belief in immediate emancipation of all slaves and the use of moral suasion rather than violence to end slavery.

Gerrit Smith

A prominent 19th-century American social reformer known for his deep involvement in the abolitionist movement and efforts to provide land to freed African American slaves.

Frederick Douglass

An American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman, who after escaping from slavery in Maryland, became a national leader of the abolitionist movement.