The Anti-Slavery Bugle was an abolitionist newspaper published in Ohio from June 20, 1845, to May 4, 1861. The paper's motto was "No Union with Slaveholders".

History [ edit ]

The Anti-Slavery Bugle was first published in New Lisbon, Ohio , (later renamed Lisbon) and moved after five issues to Salem, Ohio . That city was home to many Quaker families and an active station on the Underground Railroad , providing the paper with more subscribers. James Barnaby was the publisher of the paper and received support from the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society , such as Abby Kelley . This allowed the paper to continue to be in circulation for 18 years and was shipped to other states, including Illinois , Iowa , Indiana and Wisconsin .

The paper stated its goal in the first issue: "Our mission is a great and glorious one. It is to preach deliverance to the captive, and the opening of the prison door to them that are bound; to hasten in the day when 'liberty shall be proclaimed throughout all the land, unto all inhabitants thereof." ^[1] In 1858, it featured the first publication of Frances Harper 's abolitionist poem " Bury Me in a Free Land ". Later, the paper expanded its mission from anti-slavery topics to include advocacy for the Women's Right Movement . It ran letters and speeches such as Sojourner Truth 's " Ain't I a Woman? "

Notable editors [ edit ]

• Marius R. Robinson
• Benjamin S. Jones
• J. Elizabeth Hitchcock
• Oliver Johnson

See also [ edit ]

• African-American newspapers

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• The Anti-Slavery Bugle at Chronicling America
• Benjamin S. Jones papers from the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections