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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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
surface form: Alton, Illinois, United States
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 P. Lovejoy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Elijah Parish 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
surface form: Alton, Illinois, United States
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
surface form: Alton, Illinois, United States
politicalAlignment anti-slavery
printedMaterialDestroyedBy pro-slavery mobs in Alton
pro-slavery mobs in St. Louis
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Alton, Illinois
surface form: Alton, Illinois, United States

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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Alton, Illinois hasNotablePerson Elijah P. Lovejoy
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