''The Emancipator'' (1833–1850) was an Newspapers in the United States, American Abolitionism, abolitionist newspaper, at first published in New York City and later in Boston. It was founded as the official newspaper of the American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS). From 1840 to 1850 it was published by the Liberty Party (United States, 1840), Liberty Party; the publication changed names several times as it merged with other abolitionist newspapers in Boston. Contributors to the paper included Lewis Tappan (of the United States v. The Amistad, ''Amistad'' case), James McCune Smith (who also co-edited ''The Colored American (New York City), The Colored American''), Joseph Cammett Lovejoy, Samuel Edmund Sewall, Henry Brewster Stanton, Horace Edwin Smith, William Ellery Channing (poet), William Ellery Channing, and William Stevens Robinson.

History

''The Emancipator'' was founded in March 1833 in New York City by Arthur Tappan, a wealthy abolitionism, abolitionist and president of the American Anti-Slavery Society. The March 1833 publication marked the beginning of the abolitionist movement in New York state. ''The Emancipator'''s first editor was Charles Wheeler Denison. African-American sales agents selected to represent the new publication included: * David Ruggles, New York City, who was the general agent * John D. Closson, Newark, New Jersey * Thomas Van Rensslear, Princeton, New Jersey * Abraham Doras Shadd, Pennsylvania * John Carlisle, Pennsylvania On October 25, 1835, in a nationally publicized spectacle, a Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, grand jury issued a true bill against Robert G. Williams, agent and publisher of ''The Emancipator,'' for allegedly "circulating seditious pamphlets in Alabama" "tending to excite our slave population to insurrection and murder." On November 14, 1835, the Alabama Governor, John Gayle (Alabama politician), John Gayle demanded that New York Governor William Learned Marcy extradite Williams, "a fugitive," to stand trial. Marcy refused. From 1836 to 1840, the editor was Theodore Dwight Weld. After Weld left this position, Joshua Leavitt succeeded him as editor. In 1840, the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society splintered from the American Anti-Slavery Society. ''The Emancipator'' then became Joshua Leavitt, Leavitt's personal publication and a leading journal of the Liberty Party (United States, 1840), Liberty Party, with Leavitt continuing as the editor of the newspaper until 1848. The newspaper underwent several name changes between 1842 and 1848 as it slowly merged with other abolitionist newspapers located in Boston. Throughout this period, the publication was a continual exponent of abolitionism. In January 1842, the publication merged with ''The Free American'', the official newspaper of the Massachusetts Abolition Society, and was published weekly as ''The Emancipator and Free American''. Leavitt (New York) and Elizur Wright (Boston) served as co-editors until March 1844, when Wright left and the journal moved its headquarters to Boston. The publication (at that point known as the ''Emancipator & Republican'') published its final issue on December 26, 1850.

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File:Arthur_Tappan.jpg, Arthur Tappan File:Lundy.jpg, Benjamin Lundy File:Theodore_Dwight_Weld.jpg, Theodore Dwight Weld File:Joshua_Leavitt_by_Mathew_B_Brady_&_Studio_circa_1860.jpeg, Joshua Leavitt File:James_McCune_Smith.jpg, James McCune Smith File:1883_ElizurWright.png, Elizur Wright File:Lewis_Tappan_portrait.jpg, Lewis Tappan File:John_Greenleaf_Whittier_BPL_ambrotype,_c1840-60-crop.jpg, John Greenleaf Whittier File:Samuel_E._Sewall.jpg, Samuel Edmund Sewall File:Henry_Brewster_Stanton.gif, Henry Brewster Stanton File:William_Ellery_Channing,_poet;_nephew_of_the_preacher.jpg, William Ellery Channing (poet), William Ellery Channing File:Portraits_of_William_Stevens_Robinson,_ca._1860-1866._(28398043311).jpg, William Stevens Robinson File:Henry_Wilson,_VP_of_the_United_States.jpg, Henry Wilson File:DavidRuggles2.png, David Ruggles
(center) File:Abraham_D._Shadd.jpg, Abraham Doras Shadd

Extant holdings, re-prints, and digital facsimiles

* ''The Emancipator'' (–1834) :: * ''The Emancipator, and Journal of Public Morals'' (1834–1835) :: Wisconsin Historical Society, The Historical Society of Wisconsin (microfilm 1966); :: Gale (publisher), Gale (online); * ''The Emancipator'' (1833–1848) :: Gale (publisher), Gale (online); * ''The Emancipator'' (1835–1840) :: Filmed from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Schomberg Collection (1967 microfilm); * ''The Emancipator'' (1845–1848) :: NewsBank (online); :: Gale (publisher), Gale (online); * ''Emancipator and Free American'' (1842–1844) :: Gale (publisher), Gale (online); :: (microform); * ''Emancipator and Weekly Chronicle'' (1844–1845) :: Filmed from the New York Public Library (microfilm); * ''Emancipator and Free Soil Press'' :: NewsBank (online); :: Gale (publisher), Gale (online); * ''Emancipator & Republican'' :: Microfilm; :: Gale (publisher), Gale (online); :: Serials Solutions (online);

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