The Liberator, first published in 1831 and edited by  William Lloyd Garrison, was a Boston-based abolitionist magazine. It was an anti-slavery periodical that aimed to create change and action. Some tenets of the Liberator include advocating for an end to enslavement, critiquing the church, Constitution, and Declaration of Independence, and fighting for change on behalf of people’s morality. The paper was sustained by support from the Black community. It was heavily endorsed by Black leaders like Reverend Thomas Paul and James Barbadoes and published the work of Black Bostonians like Maria Stewart and William Cooper Nell. The Liberator gave insight into local Black communities and also served as a tool for Boston’s Underground Railroad network. The last paper was published in December 1865.