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Brazilian Slavery in the 1830s
The horrible system of slavery which exists in the mining districts of the Brazils, and which is carried on at present in no small degree by British capital and British influence, appears to have...
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Capture of San Antonio and Destruction of the Garrison
The Liberator was a weekly abolitionist newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison in Boston, Massachusetts. On April 16, 1836 it carried this report on the fall of the Alamo. Important from Texas...
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Liberty – In God We Trust on Coins
On April 22, 1864 Congress passed The Coinage Act of 1864, a United States federal law, changed the composition of the one-cent coin and authorized the minting of the two-cent coin. The Director of...
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Uncle Tom in Russia – Reported in The Liberator
A correspondent of the London Daily News writes from Moscow as follows:— ‘The celebrated ‘Uncle Tom,’ that remarkable negro who has already encountered so many strange adventures, continues his course...
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William Lloyd Garrison on Non-Resistance
William Lloyd Garrison was a journalistic crusader who advocated for the immediate emancipation of all slaves and gained a national reputation for being one of the most radical of American...
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The Amistad Goes on Sale
This famous schooner, and her cargo, are to be sold at New London on the 15th inst. by order of the U.S. Circuit Court for the district of Connecticut. The cargo consists of dry goods, hardware,...
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Happy Birthday Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States and the last Whig President, was born January 7, 1800. President Fillmore was a fascinating figure who does not get the attention his life and...
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Hopewell South Carolina’s 1836 Presbytery on Slavery
pres·by·tery noun \ˈprez-bə-ˌter-ē, ˈpres-, -bə-trē\ – A group of ministers and elders who are the leaders of the Presbyterian churches in a particular area. William Lloyd Garrison’s The Liberator was...
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The Liberator: A Race for Liberty
William Lloyd Garrison’s The Liberator was a weekly abolitionist newspaper published in Boston. The paper held true to the founder’s ideals. Garrison was a journalistic crusader who advocated the...
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Reception of the Colored Soldiers at Harrisburg
Harrisburg, Nov. 14. This is a day that will long be remembered by the colored people of the State of Pennsylvania. In view of the large number of colored soldiers who are coming home, many of whom...
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Women’s Rights and The Liberator
The Liberator (1831-1865) was an abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp in 1831. They published weekly issues of The Liberator from Boston continuously for 35 years,...
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An Englishman’s Impressions of America (1865)
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIBERATOR: SIR: Having in my native land, during your late war, taken a deep interest in everything relating to your country, I became strongly impressed with a desire to pay a...
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Negro Suffrage in 1865
This editorial from the American Sentinel appeared in the October 20, 1865, issue of The Liberator. Negro Suffrage One objection which is urged against permitting the negroes of the South to vote is...
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Sentiments of Abolitionists (1832)
This piece on the positions held by abolitionists first appeared in the Hudson Observer & Telegraph and was reprinted to a national audience in William Lloyd Garrison’s newspaper, The Liberator,...
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The South’s Colored Troops Problem [1864]
This article was reproduced in The Liberator on September 9, 1864. The report from Richmond sheds light on the feelings of many Southern supporters of the Confederacy to how to handle black combatants...
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The Liberator & Slavery’s Funeral March (1865)
The Liberator was a weekly newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison in Boston, Massachusetts. William Lloyd Garrison was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts in December, 1805. At thirteen years of...
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Feb. 27, 1864: Union Prisoners arrive at Andersonville
The first Union prisoners arrived at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia on February 27, 1864. The Liberator carried a story about the POWs at Andersonville on September 9, 1864:...
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Stop Teaching That Boy! [Georgia in 1832]
This appeared in the April 7, 1832 issue of The Liberator. In addition to its own original articles calling for the immediate abolition of slavery in the United States, William Lloyd Garrison, it’s...
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A Moment in the Decades Long Battle Against American Slavery
When looking back at important social justice movements, it is very easy to lose sight of the duration of the movement. Our eyes jump to key events like the passage of the 14th and 19th amendments...
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Juneteenth & Celebrations of the Emancipation Proclamation
An 1876 textbook for Texas students and general readers, found in our American County Histories collection, identifies the historic event of June 19,1865 in this way: On the 30th of May, Generals...
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