These are complete archived issues of, and transcribed articles from, William Lloyd Garrison’s newspaper The Liberator (1831-1865), the most prominent periodical of radical Abolitionism in the united states of America. You can find scanned PDF documents of full issues of The Liberator, as well as a number of individual articles, columns and departments from the magazine that have been transcribed in HTM for ease of reading, searching, and linking. This is a project in progress, with the ultimate aim being to make all 35 years of The Liberator available in full on the web.
Manuscript history, &c. As of May 16, 2012, all full-issue PDFs are scanned from the reproductions available on microfilm (American Periodical Series, University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, Mich.) through the Auburn University Libraries in Auburn, Alabama. Scans from other sources are welcome, if available, in order to supplement the collection when reproductions from the Auburn microform are illegible or defective. HTML transcriptions come either from the Auburn scans, or, occasionally from reprinted articles in William Lloyd Garrison and the Fight Against Slavery: Selections from The Liberator (ed. William E. Cain, Bedford/St. Martin’s). All issues made available so far were scanned by Charles W. Johnson in May 2012. A great part of the inspiration for this project came from Shawn P. Wilbur’s magnificent work in producing an online archive for Benjamin Tucker’s Liberty.
Material available online at the Fair Use Repository
The Liberator, Vol. I, No. 1 (January 1, 1831) — full issue
- The Salutation: anonymous. 1.
- District of Columbia: by William Lloyd Garrison. 1.
- The Slave Trade in the Capital: reprinted from the Washington Spectator. 1.
- Premium. 1.
- My Second Baltimore Trial: by William Lloyd Garrison. 2.
- Universal Emancipation: by G——. 2.
- To-day: by William Lloyd Garrison. 3.
- Correspondence: by William Lloyd Garrison. 3.
For
: by William Lloyd Garrison. 3.The Salutation
of the Liberator…- Our Appeal: by William Lloyd Garrison. 3.
- To Our Free Colored Brethren: by William Lloyd Garrison. 3.
- Walker’s Pamphlet: by William Lloyd Garrison. 3.
- Working Men: by William Lloyd Garrison
- Truisms: by William Lloyd Garrison
- Walker’s Appeal: by William Lloyd Garrison
- Removal to Texas: by William Lloyd Garrison
- The Insurrection: by William Lloyd Garrison
January 7, 1832
- Guilt of New-England: by William Lloyd Garrison
December 29, 1832
- Nullification, from Boston newspapers
- A Hint for Wild Colonizationists: by Sir Walter Scott
- The Great Crisis!: by William Lloyd Garrison
December 14, 1833
- Declaration of the National Anti-Slavery Convention: by William Lloyd Garrison
September 28, 1838
- Declaration of Sentiments Adopted by the Peace Convention: by William Lloyd Garrison
June 28, 1839
- Abolition at the Ballot Box: by William Lloyd Garrison
June 2, 1843
- Address to the Slaves of the United States: by William Lloyd Garrison
January 10, 1845
- The American Union: by William Lloyd Garrison
June 11, 1847
- American Colorphobia by William Lloyd Garrison
June 22, 1849
- The Death of President Polk: by William Lloyd Garrison
March 15, 1850
- John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster, and the Compromise of 1850: by William Lloyd Garrison
October 28, 1853
- Women’s Rights: by William Lloyd Garrison
December 23, 1853
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin Reconsidered: by William Lloyd Garrison
- Disunion: by William Lloyd Garrison
December 21, 1855
- The
Infidelity
of Abolitionism: by William Lloyd Garrison
- The
September 19, 1856
- Southern Degradation: by William Lloyd Garrison
March 12, 1858
- Dred Scott and Disunion: by William Lloyd Garrison
September 17, 1858
- Depravity of the American Press: by William Lloyd Garrison
October 28, 1859
- The Tragedy at Harper's Ferry: by William Lloyd Garrison
November 9, 1860
- Antislavery Progress: by William Lloyd Garrison
November 16, 1860
- Southern Desperation: by William Lloyd Garrison
January 30, 1863
- Why a Prolonged War: by William Lloyd Garrison
May 20, 1864
- Defense of Lincoln: by William Lloyd Garrison
November 18, 1864
- The Late Presidential Struggle: by William Lloyd Garrison
February 10, 1865
- The Death of Slavery: by William Lloyd Garrison
December 29, 1865
- Valedictory: The Last Number of The Liberator: by William Lloyd Garrison
