The Liberator
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The Liberator was a prominent 19th-century American abolitionist newspaper that became a leading voice in the movement to end slavery in the United States.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abolitionist newspaper
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newspaper → |
| associatedOrganization |
American Anti-Slavery Society
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New England Anti-Slavery Society → |
| centuryOfActivity |
19th century
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| circulationType |
subscription-based
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| coEditor |
Isaac Knapp
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| country |
United States
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| dissolutionYear |
1865
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| editor |
William Lloyd Garrison
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| finalPublicationDate |
1865-12-29
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| firstPublicationDate |
1831-01-01
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| format |
broadsheet
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| founder |
William Lloyd Garrison
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| hadContributor |
Charles Lenox Remond
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Frederick Douglass → Henry Highland Garnet → Maria Weston Chapman → Wendell Phillips → |
| ideology |
anti-slavery
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pacifism → |
| inceptionYear |
1831
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| language |
English
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| locationFounded |
Boston, Massachusetts
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| mediaType |
print
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| motto |
Our country is the world—our countrymen are mankind
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| movement |
American abolitionist movement
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| notableFor |
advocating immediate emancipation of enslaved people
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being a leading voice of the American abolitionist movement → influencing public opinion against slavery → providing a platform for African American writers and activists → |
| opposed |
colonization schemes to send freed Blacks to Africa
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slavery in the United States → |
| placeOfPublication |
Boston, Massachusetts
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| politicalAlignment |
abolitionism
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immediatism → |
| publicationFrequency |
weekly
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| publisher |
William Lloyd Garrison
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| reasonForEnd |
passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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| regionServed |
New England
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United States → |
| subject |
abolitionism in the United States
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civil rights for African Americans → slavery in the United States → |
| supported |
immediate emancipation
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racial equality → women’s rights → |