Elijah P. Lovejoy

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Elijah P. Lovejoy was a 19th-century American Presbyterian minister, journalist, and outspoken abolitionist whose murder by a pro-slavery mob made him a martyr for the causes of press freedom and anti-slavery activism.

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Elijah P. Lovejoy canonical 5
Elijah Parish Lovejoy 3

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instanceOf Presbyterian minister ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
advocatedFor freedom of the press ⓘ
immediate abolition of slavery ⓘ
alignedWith American abolitionist movement ⓘ
birthDate 1802-11-09 ⓘ
birthPlace Albion, Maine, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath homicide ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1837-11-07 ⓘ
deathPlace Alton, Illinois, United States ⓘ
linked to: Alton, Illinois
describedAs martyr to freedom of the press ⓘ
martyr to the abolitionist cause ⓘ
educatedAt Princeton Theological Seminary ⓘ
Waterville College ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Lovejoy ⓘ
fullName Elijah Parish Lovejoy ⓘ
linked to: Elijah P. Lovejoy
gender male ⓘ
givenName Elijah ⓘ
hasBrother Owen Lovejoy ⓘ
hasMemorial Lovejoy Monument ⓘ
inspired Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Owen Lovejoy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed by pro-slavery mob ⓘ
memorialLocation Alton, Illinois, United States ⓘ
linked to: Alton, Illinois
movement abolitionism ⓘ
notableEvent murder at Alton, Illinois in 1837 ⓘ
notableFor defense of freedom of the press ⓘ
opposition to slavery ⓘ
occupation Presbyterian minister ⓘ
editor ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
placeOfBurial Alton, Illinois, United States ⓘ
linked to: Alton, Illinois
politicalAlignment anti-slavery ⓘ
printedMaterialDestroyedBy pro-slavery mobs in Alton ⓘ
pro-slavery mobs in St. Louis ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian
residence Alton, Illinois, United States ⓘ
linked to: Alton, Illinois

St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
victimOf mob violence ⓘ
pro-slavery terrorism ⓘ
workedAs editor of the Alton Observer ⓘ
editor of the St. Louis Observer ⓘ

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Narrative of Riots at Alton → associatedWith → Elijah P. Lovejoy ⓘ
Alton, Illinois → hasNotablePerson → Elijah Parish Lovejoy ⓘ
linked to: Elijah P. Lovejoy
Elijah P. Lovejoy → fullName → Elijah Parish Lovejoy ⓘ
linked to: Elijah P. Lovejoy
Lovejoy Monument → dedicatedTo → Elijah P. Lovejoy ⓘ
Lovejoy Monument → commemorates → Elijah P. Lovejoy ⓘ
Lovejoy Monument → hasStatueOf → Elijah P. Lovejoy ⓘ
Lovejoy Monument → namedAfter → Elijah P. Lovejoy ⓘ
Owen Lovejoy → sibling → Elijah Parish Lovejoy ⓘ
linked to: Elijah P. Lovejoy