[NEWSPAPER; SLAVERY] THE LIBERATOR Jan. 4, 1839 w/ Contemporary inscription, “Colonization Society “ mentioned

Wm. Lloyd GARRISON, editor

THE LIBERATOR Jan. 4, 1839

Contemporary inscription which mentions “Colonization Society “ 

1850 Liberator masthead, designed by

Worn, distressed copy of this important abolitionist newspaper, with its famous masthead designed by Hammett Billings; margin has a presentation inscription  to a Mr. R. R. Russell regarding an article on the African Colonization Society, signed D. M. Hotchkiss.

Boston, Friday, January 4, 1839. Volume nine, number one. Four pages, tears at creases and fold, with loss, heavily toned.