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Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument, Alton

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  • Sad story but love history this guy was a great man. Kept trying to spread news that was needed to be spread but then was killed. 
    Sad story but love history this guy was a great man. Kept trying to spread news that was needed to be spread but then was killed.  more »
  • Lovejoy was newspaper editor and an active abolitionist. His printing presses were destroyed by pro-slavery forces several times. Eventually, he was murdered by a pro-slavery mob. This monument... 
    Lovejoy was newspaper editor and an active abolitionist. His printing presses were destroyed by pro-slavery forces several times. Eventually, he was murdered by a pro-slavery mob. This monument...  more »

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