National Anti-Slavery Standard 1841 edition
*The first issue of the National Anti-Slavery Standard was published on June 11, 1840. The Standard was a weekly newspaper published concurrently in New York City and Philadelphia.
This was the official weekly newspaper of the American Anti-Slavery Society; its editors were Lydia Maria Child and David Lee Child. It published essays, debates, speeches, events, reports, and anything newsworthy related to the question of slavery in the United States and other parts of the world. Its audience was the members of the Society and abolitionists in the North.
Its two key focuses in the elimination of slavery were religion and politics, which considered slavery an evil institution. Its strong religious appeal asserted that God was the only being that could end slavery. However, they did assign value to political action. The paper contained only six columns, but its accounts of slavery effectively expressed the feelings and moods surrounding the controversy for thirty years. It was published during a time when the American Anti-Slavery Society was divided over tactics for achieving emancipation.
The paper was published continuously until the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in 1870. Its motto was "Without Concealment—Without Compromise." It not only implies suffrage rights for Black males but also women's suffrage. It contained Volumes with number 50 published on April 16, 1870.
