Memoir of the Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy: Who was murdered in Defense of the liberty of the press at Alton, Illinois, November 7, 1837 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781530072491)

Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy was a well-known, and well-respected Presbyterian minister, as well as a journalist and outspoken abolitionist. He was responsible for the publication of numerous pro-abolition articles, letters, news, and other printed materials. Lovejoy was so passionate and committed to championing the freedom of his fellow man that he made the ultimate sacrifice for his beliefs, when a pro-slavery mob murdered him during an attack on his warehouse in 1837. He was immediately considered a martyr of the Abolitionist movement - and rightly so - and is still remembered as a brilliant man who understood that the abhorrent practice of slavery was fundamentally wrong.

Author: Owen Lovejoy, Joseph C. Lovejoy
ISBN-10: 1530072492
ISBN-13: 9781530072491
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/15/2016
Pages: 258
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54d