List of abolitionist periodicals published in North America explained

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
Genius of Universal Emancipation^[2]	1829–1839	Various		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, Newspapers.com (1840–1852)|- valign="top"| The North Star^[6] || 1847–1851 || Rochester, New York || Frederick Douglass||Library of Congress|-| The Philanthropist^[7] | 1836–1843| Cincinnati, Ohio| James Birney||-| The Signal of Liberty^[8] | 1841–1848| Ann Arbor, Michigan|||||} See also List of publications of William Garrison and Isaac Knapp List of bibliographies on American history Bibliography of slavery in the United States References

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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 ]. 2024-05-24 . Sotheby's . en.
2. Web site: Genius of universal emancipation. - Yale University Library . 2024-05-24 . collections.library.yale.edu . en.
3. Web site: Herald of Freedom (Concord, N.H.) 1835-1846 . 2024-07-02 . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
4. Web site: 2017-02-20 . Wilmington had anti-slavery newspaper . 2024-05-24 . Wilmington News Journal . en-US.
5. Web site: National Anti-Slavery Standard New York Heritage . 2024-05-30 . nyheritage.org.
6. Web site: Balkansky . Arlene . 2020-01-17 . Frederick Douglass Newspapers, 1847-1874: Now Online Headlines & Heroes . 2024-05-24 . The Library of Congress.
7. Web site: The Anti-Slavery Press – National Underground Railroad Freedom Center . 2024-05-25 . freedomcenter.org.
8. Web site: Signal of Liberty Ann Arbor District Library . 2024-07-01 . aadl.org.