LOVEJOY, ELIJAH P.
\lˈʌvd͡ʒɔ͡ɪ], \lˈʌvdʒɔɪ], \l_ˈʌ_v_dʒ_ɔɪ]\
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(1802-1837), established the St. Louis Observer in 1833, in which he ardently attacked slavery. He was compelled by violent pro-slavery sentiment to remove his paper to Alton, III., in 1836, where his establishment was sacked three times by a mob. At the fourth attack one of the mob was killed, whereupon he was shot by his assailants.
By John Franklin Jameson
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