Nearly ten years later, on March 30, 1827, the first Black-owned newspaper, Freedom’s Journal, was established in New York City. Samuel E. Cornish, a Presbyterian preacher, and John B. Russwurm, a college graduate and abolitionist, owned the newspaper. The paper was designed to counteract anti-black sentiment, which was espoused by another local paper, The New York Enquirer. Freedom’s Journal sought to instill positive images of African Americans as well as to acknowledge Black achievement. The target audience was primarily free Blacks in the North. It also sought

William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp in Boston, Massachusetts, founded the Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper, in 1831. It ran for nearly 34 years (until December 29, 1865). Garrison was very vocal (through his newspaper) in his sentiment regarding slavery and how it affected the country. The Liberator was seen as an inflammatory medium, however it was read only by a small portion of White readers. Most if its readers were African American. Garrison continually pressed for abolition through his writings in the paper, as well as rallying boycotts against products of slavery. Because of his actions, William L. Garrison was dragged through the streets of Boston by an angry mob and nearly killed. He continued his newspaper even after this incident. The Emancipation Proclamation issued by then president Abraham Lincoln made Garrison even ore determined to see that all Blacks were free from oppression and slavery. After the 13th Amendment was passed, Garrison had initially thought that the end was near for his mission. Thus, the Liberator ran no more.

Prior to the Civil War, many Black-owned antislavery newspapers had begun to appear. Of

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