Garrison, William Lloyd, editor (Frederick Douglass). THE LIBERATOR [Weekly Anti-Slavery Newspaper]. RARE, EARLY ISSUES. 1845-54. First edition. EIGHT EARLY ISSUES of "The Liberator," an abolitionist newspaper with the motto "No Union with Slaveholders!" Founded by Garrison Jan. 1, 1831, it was published weekly in Boston for 35 years (the last issue being Dec. 29, 1865). The earliest issues of the eight included herein are in remarkably nice shape (nearly fine), with the last few issues showing more edge wear, etc., as noted below. MAY 23, 1845: Covers the annexation of Texas, slave punishments and arrests; publishes slave tallies by year, and contains notice of the impending publication of THE NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, with a long excerpt from the book (Garrison encouraged Douglass to write his autobiography, for which he provided an introduction). JUNE 6, 1845: An excerpt from Douglass's NARRATIVE and reader review. OCT. 24, 1845: Prints Douglass's letter to Garrison from Dublin, "My Narrative is just published, and I have sold one hundred copies in this city. Our work goes on nobly. . . " [name (?) "Neil Register" in margin]. NOV. 14 1845: Reprints a letter to the editor of the "Dublin Freeman" from Irish anti-slavery supporter James Haughton about Douglass's visit to Cork [one small burn hole; name (?) "Nc Register"]. OCT. 28, 1853: Prints "Women's Rights" by Garrison, a proposed series of resolutions to the Women's Rights Convention, including "That so long as the most ignorant, degraded and worthless men are freely admitted to the ballot-box, and practically acknowledged to be competent to determine who shall be in office, and how the government shall be administered, it is preposterous to pretend that women are not qualified to use the elective franchise" [some darkening and loss where previously folded to eighths; name "J. Barnaby"]. FEB. 24, 1854: Prints Garrison's address on the "Northern Responsibility for Slavery," news of the Women's Rights Convention in Albany, and perhaps the first appearance of women's rights activist Sarah T. Bolton’s poem "Paddle Your Own Canoe" [some darkening; name "J. Barnaby"]. MAR. 10, 1854: Prints selections from various papers of the day; notice "To the Friends of the Cause of Woman," [small area darkened, small split at fold; name "J. Barnaby"]. MAR. 24, 1854: Gives notice of the Anti-Slavery Convention, Cincinnati, OH, "deeds have been done in our midst that warn us not to relax our efforts. . . .Our city, until within the past year, free from the deep disgrace of having sent back a poor fugitive to his chains, under the Fugitive Slave Act, now stand doubly degraded." [large chunk missing from bottom corner, affecting text; top quarter of page darkened; name, "J. Barnaby"]. All issues are 4 pages, approximately 18 x 26". Rare.
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