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Published from 1827 to 1829, the first major African American controlled newspaper, New York City’s Freedom’s Journal, acclaimed Haiti’s existence as proof of the justice of Black demands for abolition and equal rights worldwide, and as a warning to white slaveholders of their fate if they refused to give slaves their liberty. After 1831, a renowned white abolitionist editor, William Lloyd Garrison of The Liberator, likewise praised the Haitian Revolution, arguing that its example should serve as a warning to white governments to pass laws immediately emancipating the enslaved.

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Beyond Ritchie: The Richmond Enquirer Versus the Abolitionist Press

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    2025年

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  • Arthur Scherr

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Published from 1827 to 1829, the first major African American controlled newspaper, New York City’s Freedom’s Journal, acclaimed Haiti’s existence as proof of the justice of Black demands for abolition and equal rights worldwide, and as a warning to white slaveholders of their fate if they refused to give slaves their liberty. After 1831, a renowned white abolitionist editor, William Lloyd Garrison of The Liberator, likewise praised the Haitian Revolution, arguing that its example should serve as a warning to white governments to pass laws immediately emancipating the enslaved.