Elijah Parish Lovejoy information

Elijah Parish Lovejoy
Elijah Parish Lovejoy
Born	November 9, 1802; Albion, Massachusetts (now in Maine), U.S.
Died	November 7, 1837 (aged 34); Alton, Illinois, U.S.
Cause of death	Murder by mob
Education	Waterville College
Spouse	Celia Ann French (m. 1835)
Children	2
Relatives	Owen Lovejoy (brother); Nathan A. Farwell (cousin);
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Elijah Parish Lovejoy (November 9, 1802 – November 7, 1837) was an American Presbyterian minister, journalist, newspaper editor, and abolitionist. After his murder by a mob, he became a martyr to the abolitionist cause opposing slavery in the United States.^[1] He was also hailed as a defender of free speech and freedom of the press.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Lovejoy was born in New England and graduated from what is today Colby College. Unsatisfied with a teaching career, he was drawn to journalism and decided to 'go west'. In 1827, he reached St. Louis, Missouri. Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820, Missouri entered the United States as a slave state. Lovejoy edited a newspaper but returned east for a time to study for the ministry at Princeton University. On his return to St. Louis, he founded the St. Louis Observer, in which he became increasingly more critical of slavery and the powerful interests protecting slavery. Facing threats and violent attacks, Lovejoy decided to move across the river to Alton in Illinois, a free state. However, Alton was also tied to the Mississippi River economy, easily reachable by anti-Lovejoy Missourians, and badly split over abolitionism.

In Alton, Lovejoy was fatally shot during an attack by a pro-slavery mob. The mob was seeking to destroy a warehouse owned by Winthrop Sargent Gilman and Benjamin Godfrey, which held Lovejoy's printing press and abolitionist materials.^[4] According to John Quincy Adams, the murder "[gave] a shock as of an earthquake throughout this country."^[5] The Boston Recorder wrote that "these events called forth from every part of the land 'a burst of indignation which has not had its parallel in this country since the Battle of Lexington.'"^[6] When informed about the murder, John Brown said publicly: "Here, before God, in the presence of these witnesses, from this time, I consecrate my life to the destruction of slavery."^[7] Lovejoy is often seen as a martyr to the abolitionist cause and to a free press. The Lovejoy Monument was erected in Alton in 1897.

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference :5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Merriam, Allen H. (November 1987). Elijah Lovejoy and Free Speech. Archived from the original on March 27, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ Rabban, David M. (November 1992). "The Free Speech League, the ACLU, and Changing Conceptions of Free Speech in American History". Stanford Law Review. 45 (1): 71. doi:10.2307/1228985. JSTOR 1228985. Archived from the original on March 27, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
^ Wilson & Fiske 1900, p. 34.
^ Brown 1916, pp. 97–98.
^ Brown 1916, p. 98.
^ Brown 1916, p. 101.

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[2] Merriam, Allen H. (November 1987). Elijah Lovejoy and Free Speech. Archived from the original on March 27, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

[3] Rabban, David M. (November 1992). "The Free Speech League, the ACLU, and Changing Conceptions of Free Speech in American History". Stanford Law Review. 45 (1): 71. doi:10.2307/1228985. JSTOR 1228985. Archived from the original on March 27, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2022.

[FOOTNOTEWilsonFiske190034-4] Wilson & Fiske 1900, p. 34.

[FOOTNOTEBrown191697–98-5] Brown 1916, pp. 97–98.

[FOOTNOTEBrown191698-6] Brown 1916, p. 98.

[FOOTNOTEBrown1916101-7] Brown 1916, p. 101.

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Elijah Parish Lovejoy

Born	(1802-11-09)November 9, 1802 Albion, Massachusetts (now in Maine), U.S.
Died	November 7, 1837(1837-11-07) (aged 34) Alton, Illinois, U.S.
Cause of death	Murder by mob
Education	Waterville College
Spouse	Celia Ann French (m. 1835)
Children	2
Relatives	Owen Lovejoy (brother) Nathan A. Farwell (cousin)
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