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Elijah Parish Lovejoy

By : Mercedes Sneed

Lovejoy's Impractical Goal :

Methods He Lovejoy Used To Improve American Life :

  • In St. Louis , Lovejoy started a religous newspaper known as the ' St.Louis Observer ' in which he advocated the abolition of slavey .
  • After his press was destroyed by a pro slavey angry white mob , he moved to Alton , Illinois in 1836 where he became an active member of an Anti - Slavey Movement Society .

Interesting Details :

Criticism He Recieved :

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LoveJoy's Success In Promoting Reform :

  • Born : November 8th , 1802 in Albion , Maine .
  • Son of a Congregational Presbyterian minister - Reverend Daniel Lovejoy .
  • Graduated from Waterville College where he was valedictorian & class poet .
  • After graduated he traveled West to St. Louis & became the editor for a local newspaper supporting Henry Clay for president .

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