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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").
William Lloyd Garrison (December 10, 1805 – May 24, 1879) was an American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer.He is best known for his widely read anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator, which Garrison founded in 1831 and published in Boston until slavery in the United States was partially abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865.
The Liberator: 1831–1865: Boston, Massachusetts: William Lloyd Garrison, Isaac Knapp: Digital Commonwealth (Garrison's copy) * Newspapers.com: National Anti-Slavery Standard [5] 1840–1870 Philadelphia, New York City Lydia Maria Child, [[David Lee Child Newspapers.com (1840–1852) The North Star [6] 1847–1851: Rochester, New York ...
In the 1830s, in addition to the newspaper The Liberator, the Boston-based abolitionists William Garrison and Isaac Knapp printed and/or published a number of anti-slavery pamphlets and books. The statements "printed by" and "published by" are in most cases taken from the books or pamphlets themselves.
In 1825 he was proprietor of the Essex Courant newspaper, published there. [4] [5] [page needed] With his friend William Lloyd Garrison he printed the anti-slavery Liberator newspaper, from 1831 to 1839. [6] [7] He also co-founded the New England Anti-Slavery Society. [8] [9] His printing office was located on Congress Street (circa 1831) and ...
Oliver Johnson (December 27, 1809 – December 10, 1889) was an American abolitionist, journalist, editor, lecturer, and Underground Railroad conductor who was once described as the "first lieutenant" of William Lloyd Garrison, the editor of The Liberator newspaper.
The New England Anti-Slavery Society (1831–1837) was formed by William Lloyd Garrison, editor of The Liberator, in 1831. The Liberator was its official publication. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, members of the New England Anti-slavery Society supported immediate abolition and viewed slavery as immoral and non-Christian (sinful).
The Liberator (1831–1865) was the hard-hitting highly influential abolitionist newspaper run by William Lloyd Garrison, a white man based in Boston. Of the 4000 weekly subscribers, about 3000 were blacks. Garrison denounced the United States Constitution as hopelessly pro slavery, and discouraged political activism as a result.