In the very first issue of his anti-slavery newspaper, the Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison stated, "I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. . . . I am in earnest -- I will ...

William Lloyd Garrison published the first issue of The Liberator on January 1, 1831 with financial support from both black and white abolitionists. "There shall be no neutrals," he declared.