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Garrison, W. L and I. Knapp etc. (1831-1865) The Liberator. [Vol. V, no. 42 (October 17, 1835)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08711 Author/Creator: Garrison, W. L and I. Knapp etc. (1831-1865) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Newspaper Date: 17 October 1835 Pagination: 4 p. ; 56 x 38.8 cm. Order a Copy

Article on the front page mentions Southern nullifiers and refers to the South's empty threats. Other articles are about abolition and other anti-slavery issues. On page 3 there is a mention of a lynching that occurred nearby.

The Liberator was an anti-slavery newspaper started by William Lloyd Garrison in 1831. The newspaper's motto was: "Our country is the world - our countrymen are mankind." Garrison was a prominent abolitionist and social reformer who founded the New England Anti-Slavery Society in 1832, and co-founded the American Anti-Slavery Society a year later. His views, favoring immediate emancipation through nonviolent, passive resistance (e.g., publicly burning a copy of the Constitution), were radical, but he exerted great influence over a generation of abolitionists.

W. L. Garrison and I. Knapp (publishers), 1831-1865
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

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