Narrative of Riots at Alton

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Narrative of Riots at Alton is a 19th-century account documenting the violent pro-slavery mob attacks in Alton, Illinois, particularly the murder of abolitionist Elijah P. Lovejoy and the destruction of his printing press.

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instanceOf 19th-century non-fiction work ⓘ
book ⓘ
historical account ⓘ
associatedWith Elijah P. Lovejoy ⓘ
abolitionist press ⓘ
pro-slavery mobs in Illinois ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describesEvent attacks on abolitionist printing presses in Alton ⓘ
killing of Elijah P. Lovejoy ⓘ
pro-slavery mob attacks in Alton ⓘ
documentType contemporary report ⓘ
eyewitness account ⓘ
genre abolitionist literature ⓘ
political history ⓘ
historicalContext conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions ⓘ
early American abolitionist movement ⓘ
historicalUse primary source for historians of abolitionism ⓘ
primary source for historians of press freedom in the U.S. ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject destruction of abolitionist printing presses ⓘ
murder of Elijah P. Lovejoy ⓘ
pro-slavery mob violence ⓘ
riots in Alton, Illinois ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
placeDescribed Alton, Illinois ⓘ
portraysAs Elijah P. Lovejoy as a martyr for free press ⓘ
purpose to defend freedom of the press ⓘ
to document mob violence against abolitionists ⓘ
settingLocation Mississippi River town of Alton ⓘ
significance important source on early abolitionist struggles in Illinois ⓘ
important source on the death of Elijah P. Lovejoy ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed 1830s ⓘ
antebellum United States ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period
topic abolitionism ⓘ
civil liberties ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
mob violence ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ

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