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Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 The Liberator. [Vol. XXXIV, no. 25 (June 17, 1864)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08608 Author/Creator: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Newspaper Date: 17 June 1864 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 63.5 cm, Width: 46 cm Order a Copy

Prints articles on the British and Foreign anti-slavery society and a letter of Gerritt Smith to Elizabeth Cady Stanton about 1864 presidential election. Brief article praises the equalization of pay for African American [colored] soldiers. Covers the Baltimore, Maryland convention, the re-nomination of President Abraham Lincoln, and the other presidential nominations. Also includes articles on the emancipation of the serfs in Russia, the repeal of the fugitive slave law, the Methodist Church and slavery, and Negro suffrage in Montana.

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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