This is a list of abolitionist newspapers in the United States , published between 1776 and 1865. These publications, most of which were short-lived and had limited circulation, existed to share information that promoted the decline and fall of American slavery . This list is focused on newspapers whose predominant interest was the abolition of slavery , rather than any American newspaper that held a generally anti-slavery editorial position.
Abolitionist newspapers and magazines (U.S.)
Title
Dates
Location
Notable editors
Online editions
The Anti-Slavery Bugle [ 1] 1845–1861
Lisbon, Ohio
James Barnaby , Oliver Johnson LOC , Newspapers.com
The Colored American 1837-1842
New York, New York
Samuel Cornish , Phillip Alexander Bell , Charles Bennett Ray
Genius of Universal Emancipation [ 2] 1829–1839
Various
Benjamin Lundy HathiTrust * Google Books
Herald of Freedom [ 3] 1835–1846
Concord, New Hampshire
Nathaniel Peabody Rogers
The Herald of Freedom [ 4] 1851–1855
Wilmington, Ohio
John W. Chaffin Newspapers.com
The Liberator 1831–1865
Boston, Massachusetts
William Lloyd Garrison , Isaac Knapp Digital Commonwealth (Garrison's copy) * Newspapers.com
National Anti-Slavery Standard [ 5] 1840–1870
Philadelphia, New York City
Lydia Maria Child , David Lee Child
Newspapers.com (1840–1852)
The National Era [ 6] 1847–1860
Washington, D.C.
The North Star [ 7] 1847–1851
Rochester, New York
Frederick Douglass Library of Congress
The Philanthropist [ 8] 1836–1843
Cincinnati, Ohio
James Birney
The Signal of Liberty [ 9] 1841–1848
Ann Arbor, Michigan
See also
References
^ "ANTI-SLAVERY HANDBILL | [Anti-Slavery Bugle — Extra]. Salem, Ohio: James Barnaby, publishing agent, 26 November 1848 | Fine Books and Manuscripts including Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection | 2020" . Sotheby's . Retrieved 2024-05-24 .^ "Genius of universal emancipation. - Yale University Library" . collections.library.yale.edu . Retrieved 2024-05-24 .^ "Herald of Freedom (Concord, N.H.) 1835-1846" . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA . Retrieved 2024-07-02 .^ "Wilmington had anti-slavery newspaper" . Wilmington News Journal . 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2024-05-24 .^ "National Anti-Slavery Standard | New York Heritage" . nyheritage.org . Retrieved 2024-05-30 .^ "The National Era (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860" . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA . Retrieved 2025-02-02 .^ Balkansky, Arlene (2020-01-17). "Frederick Douglass Newspapers, 1847-1874: Now Online | Headlines & Heroes" . The Library of Congress . Retrieved 2024-05-24 . ^ "The Anti-Slavery Press – National Underground Railroad Freedom Center" . freedomcenter.org . Retrieved 2024-05-25 .^ "Signal of Liberty | Ann Arbor District Library" . aadl.org . Retrieved 2024-07-01 .
