How did Samuel Gridley Howe use the Boston Commonwealth newspaper to oppose slavery?

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Samuel Gridley Howe and his wife launched the Boston Commonwealth newspaper between 1851 and 1853 to advocate for the Free Soil movement, which opposed the expansion of slavery into western territories.1

During the American Civil War, Howe reestablished the newspaper and utilized its platform to champion the immediate emancipation of enslaved people and to advocate for the arming of freed Black individuals for service in the Union army.1