in 1829, garrison began writing for and became co-editor with benjamin lundy of the quaker newspaper "genius of universal emancipation", published in baltimore, maryland. with his experience as a printer and newspaper editor, garrison changed the layout of the paper and handled other production issues. lundy was freed to spend more time touring as an anti-slavery speaker. garrison initially shared lundy's gradualist views, but while working for the "genius", he became convinced of the need to demand immediate and complete emancipation. lundy and garrison continued to work together on the paper in spite of their differing views. each signed his own editorials.