Slavery: The First Civil Rights Movement

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The concerns this newspapers inaugural issue displayed was that slavery was an abomination and should not be allowed. William Lloyd Garrison, a white Massachusetts activist, started the anti-slavery newspaper so that he could be heard. He wanted to spread his idea that all Americans should have true equality. He believed that gradual emancipation was ridiculous. This newspaper came at the time of the first civil rights movement started. He wanted to have people think about the actions of slavery as immoral and create difference between the North and the South.
The audience for this paper was the general public. The newspaper was directed to people who were for and against slavery. In my opinion, this newspaper was a very persuasive newspaper

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