Memoir of the Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy: Who was murdered in Defense of the liberty of the press at Alton, Illinois, November 7, 1837

Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy was a well-known, and well-respected Presbyterian minister, as well as a journalist and outspoken abolitionist. He was responsible for the publication of numerous pro-abolition articles, letters, news, and other printed materials. Lovejoy was so passionate and committed to championing the freedom of his fellow man that he made the ultimate sacrifice for his beliefs, when a pro-slavery mob murdered him during an attack on his warehouse in 1837. He was immediately considered a martyr of the Abolitionist movement - and rightly so - and is still remembered as a brilliant man who understood that the abhorrent practice of slavery was fundamentally wrong.

Author: Owen Lovejoy, Joseph C. Lovejoy
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 02/15/2016
Pages: 258
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54d
ISBN13: 9781530072491
ISBN10: 1530072492
BISAC Categories:
- History | Americas (North Central South West Indies)
- History | United States | 19th Century

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