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This is a list of abolitionist newspapers in the United States, published between 1776 and 1865. These publications, most of which were short-lived and had limited circulation, existed to share information that promoted the decline and fall of American slavery .
The Liberator (1831–1865) was a weekly abolitionist newspaper, printed and published in Boston by William Lloyd Garrison and, through 1839, by Isaac Knapp.Religious rather than political, it appealed to the moral conscience of its readers, urging them to demand immediate freeing of the slaves ("immediatism").
This category contains articles on newspapers that advocated the abolition of slavery, and that focused primarily on news and commentary for the abolitionist movement. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
The events of 1831 were a key early moment in the abolitionist movement, Cropper said, although the term “abolition” was not widely used at the time. Plans for the college for Black men in New Haven were known around the country after they were endorsed by the first Convention of the Free People of Color in Philadelphia and reported by ...
Pages in category "Abolitionist newspapers published in the United States" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The newspaper underwent several name changes between 1842 and 1848 as it slowly merged with other abolitionist newspapers located in Boston. Throughout this period, the publication was a continual exponent of abolitionism. [ 6 ]
USE ORIGINAL IMAGE FOR STORIES Portrait of American orator, editor, author, abolitionist, and former enslaved person Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895), 1850s. ... but the most famous one is his ...
The newspaper was originally Elihu Embree's The Emancipator in 1820, before Lundy purchased it the following year. Lundy's contributions reflected his Quaker views, condemning slavery on moral and religious grounds and advocating for gradual emancipation and the resettlement of freed slaves in other countries, including Haiti, Canada, and Liberia.