THU, DEC 3, 2015 (43:17)
A commemoration on the 150th anniversary of the final issue of William Lloyd Garrison's renowned abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator.
In the pages of his newspaper, Garrison led a crusade against slavery and for the rights of black Americans for 35 years - beginning on January 1, 1831 until the shuttering of the paper on December 29, 1865 following ratification of the 13th Amendment. During the lecture, Dr. Donald Yacovone will examine The Liberator's uncompromising advocacy for equality and Garrison's critical role in shaping politics in the antebellum era and beyond, with a focus on the role of the "agitator" and free press in a democracy.
Image: By Hammatt Billings, artist for the masthead of The Liberator (15 December 1854) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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