[2] Hilary Teague also served as a Baptist minister in Monrovia and was a merchant trading in palm oil.
[7] In 1835, Teague became the owner and editor of the Liberia Herald in Monrovia after John Brown Russwurm left to become governor of the Republic of Maryland.
[3] As editor, Teague became a dedicated promoter of Liberian independence and combined republicanism, black nationalism, and Christianity to make his case.
In 1839, he was the clerk of the convention which presented the settlers' views to the American Colonization Society regarding constitutional reform.
[3] He also wrote the Liberian Declaration of Independence, which protested against the treatment of African Americans as slaves and second-class citizens in the United States.