Vol. XXXIV. No. 80. Whole No. 1746. 4pp., 6 columns, measuring 18 x26”.  Exhibits fold marks with light yellowing along fold lines. The front page upper fold line has been reinforced by archival scotch tape applied from within on page 2. Two small chipped holes at fold-midpoint of upper & lower fold-lines. Else VG, & entirely legible. 

This famed abolitionist newspaper was edited William Lloyd Garrison, with its pre-war masthead proclaiming that “the United States Constitution is a covenant with death, and an agreement with hell.” 

The July 22, 1864 issue appeared during Grant’s siege of Petersburg and Sherman’s march on Atlanta. Its front page contains various pieces from other sources, including “President Lincoln In Europe,” from the Edinburgh Mercury, and the “Repeal of Laws Recognizing Slavery” from the National Intelligencer.  Most interesting is “Buried Alive”, a first person account of a soldier who escaped being buried in a mass grave of black troops executed by Nathan Bedford Forrest’s at Fort Pillow, TN. The rear page contains some extracts of letters from USCT regimental officers. 

Intact copies of Wm. L. Garrison’s LIBERATOR are extremely scarce. Fine anti-slavery collectible.