We have an original edition of the Liberator antislavery newspaper which was printed on April 8, 1864, in Boston.
The newspaper was created by the abolitionist publisher William Lloyd Garrison. The masthead features two engravings, one of a slave auction and the other of slaves being freed. It features articles concerning general liberty and the emancipation of slavery in the United States. William Lloyd Garrison founded the newspaper in 1831 and it was published until December of 1865, when slavery in the United States was abolished by Constitutional amendment.
William Lloyd Garrison was also a leading advocate of women's rights, which prompted a split in the abolitionist community. In the 1870s, Garrison became a prominent voice for the women's suffrage movement.