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Der us-amerikanische presbyterianische Pastor und Zeitungsverleger '''Elijah Parish Lovejoy''' (*9.11.1802 in Albion, Maine; gest. 7.11.1837 in Alton, Illinois) wurde durch seinen Tod in Verteidigung von Pressefreiheit und seiner Meinung, dass die Sklaverei abgeschafft gehöre, bekannt.  
Der für die Abschaffung der Sklaverei eintretende presbyterianische Pastor und Zeitungsverleger '''Elijah Parish Lovejoy''' (*9.11.1802 in Albion, Maine; gest. 7.11.1837 in Alton, Illinois) starb in Verteidigung seiner Meinungs- und Pressefreiheit durch fünf Kugeln.


:Elijah P. Lovejoy was born at Albion, Maine, on Nov. 9, 1802, the son of a Presbyterian minister. He graduated from Waterville College (renamed Colby) in 1826 and, after a brief period of school teaching and newspaper work in St. Louis, Mo., studied for the ministry at Princeton. On receiving his license to preach he returned to St. Louis to edit a Presbyterian weekly, the Observer. His editorials on slavery soon brought protests from his readers, for even the gradual abolition of slavery that Lovejoy proposed was controversial. A meeting of citizens in 1835 warned him to desist, but Lovejoy refused to modify his position. On March 4, 1835, he married Celia Ann French.
:He graduated from Waterville College (renamed Colby) in 1826 and, after a brief period of school teaching and newspaper work in St. Louis, Mo., studied for the ministry at Princeton. On receiving his license to preach he returned to St. Louis to edit a Presbyterian weekly, the Observer. His editorials on slavery soon brought protests from his readers, for even the '''gradual''' abolition of slavery that Lovejoy proposed was controversial. A meeting of citizens in 1835 warned him to desist, but Lovejoy refused to modify his position. On March 4, 1835, he married Celia Ann French.


:In early 1836 Lovejoy published a full account of the brutal lynching of a free African American in St. Louis, including a report of the trial that acquitted the mob leaders. Threats of personal harm and lack of support by the Presbyterian General Assembly soon led him to move to Alton, Ill., 25 miles away. When the Observer's press, left unguarded on the Alton dock, was smashed and thrown into the Mississippi River, local citizens pledged money for a new one.
:In early 1836 Lovejoy published a full account of the brutal lynching of a free African American in St. Louis, including a report of the trial that acquitted the mob leaders. Threats of personal harm and lack of support by the Presbyterian General Assembly soon led him to move to Alton, Ill., 25 miles away. When the Observer's press, left unguarded on the Alton dock, was smashed and thrown into the Mississippi River, local citizens pledged money for a new one.
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