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Elijah Lovejoy Murdered
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Elijah Lovejoy Murdered (1802-1837)
Who?
- Pro- Slavery V. Anti- Slavery
- The mob was made of people who were pro- slavery.
What?
- Elijah Lovejoy was an abolitionist.
Where?
- Elijah Lovejoy was murdered due to his newspaper articles that promoted anti- slavery.
- Elijah had begun publishing his articles in Missouri where him and his family were seen as a threat.
- The mob didn't intentionally mean to kill Elijah, although they barged into his printing warehouse to destroy his printing press to prevent further development of anti- slavery articles.
- There for they moved to Illinois to escape the violence.
- Elijah was murdered in Alton, Illinois.
When?
Why?
- His murder happened at the beginning of the abolition movement.
- For some Elijah's murder is considered to be the first battle of the Civil War.
- Elijah Lovejoy was murdered on November 7, 1837
- It helped stimulate abolitionist movements.
- Elijah used publishing to promote the ideals of human dignity, and freedom.
- After Elijah's death it rocked the foundation of American Religion.
Facts
Work Cited
- Elijah was killed 2 days before his birthday.
- His middle name was Parish.
- No one had spoken over Elijah's death,except young state representative Abraham Lincoln.
- There had been 3 prior attacks on Elijah Lovejoy before his murder.
- 'National Abolitionist Hall of Fame Museum." N.p., n.d Web. 3 Dec. 2015
- Nammari, Nadia. "The Life of Elijah Prish Lovejoy." n.P., N.D Web. 3 Dec. 2015
- Kim Soun, Monica Gamino.
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