The Liberator was created by a man named William Lloyd Garrison. He was born December 1805 and lived in both Newburyport Massachusetts and New York City. During this time, he was a famous journalist and a passionate abolitionist who deeply cared about equal rights for all.
One of his big passions was to help end slavery and make a change to the injustices of inequality. Most of his subscribers for the Liberator were free African Americans and fellow abolitionists. Many of these people believed in his cause to end slavery.
His main focus of his papers was to form a platform for other abolitionists to speak on equality, slavery, and politics. Each issue also had a special illustration. The first published article from the Liberator was on January 1, 1831 and survived due to the amount of black subscribers. All of its editing and publishing was done in Boston
The Liberator encouraged black voters in Boston to vote and helped many African Americans to gain trust in white abolitionists. This publication also encouraged them to further their education.
All in all, the Liberator made an impact in many peoples lives and was set up to make a change in a completely corrupt society.
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