Horace Mann was an antebellum public figure most known for
a. advocating for free public education
b. writing transcendentalist literature
c. publishing an antislavery newspaper
d. founding the first mental asylum in the United States
e. preaching at revival meetings
Ans: a. advocating for free public education
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