Collection of William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator, 1831-1833

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Biographical/Historical note: Prior to the Civil War, William Lloyd Garrison (1805--1879) was the one of the most prominent abolitionists in the country. Garrison and Isaac Knapp founded the American abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator. Garrison was a pivotal force in both the New England and American Anti-Slavery societies. "I am in earnest-- will not equivocate-- will not excuse-- will not retreat a single inch--and I will be heard!" he proclaimed in 1831, in the first issue of The Liberator. One of the first opponents of slavery to demand complete and immediate freedom for African Americans, Garrison published The Liberator for over 35 years, finally ceasing publication with the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery.

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Citation: Collection of William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic: Abolitionists -- United States; Antislavery movements -- United States

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