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Der abolitionistische Pastor und Zeitungsverleger ("The Observer") '''Elijah Parish Lovejoy''' (*9.11.1802 in Albion, Maine; gest. 7.11.1837 in Alton, Illinois) wurde für sein Eintreten für die Abschaffung der Sklaverei in den USA und durch seinen Märtyrertod im Kugelhagel seiner Gegner - aufrecht stehend an der Tür zu seiner Druckerei - bekannt.
Der abolitionistische Pastor und Zeitungsverleger ("The Observer") '''Elijah Parish Lovejoy''' (*9.11.1802 in Albion, Maine; gest. 7.11.1837 in Alton, Illinois) wurde für sein Eintreten für die Abschaffung der Sklaverei in den USA und durch seinen Märtyrertod im Kugelhagel seiner Gegner - aufrecht stehend an der Tür zu seiner Druckerei - bekannt.
:The fact that Lovejoy died defending the freedom of speech and press was the subject of hundreds of sermons and editorials throughout the North. His death, wrote John Quincy Adams, "gave a shock as of an earthquake throughout this continent."


Lovejoy schloss 1826 sein Studium am Waterville (später Colby) College ab. Nach einer kurzen Zeit als Schullehrer und Zeitungsredakteur in St. Louis, Mo., begann sich der Sohn eines presbyterianischen Pastors in Princeton auf seine seelsorgerische Tätigkeit vorzubereiten. Zurück in St. Louis, begann er ein presbyterianisches Wochenblatt herauszugeben, den "Observer".  
Lovejoy schloss 1826 sein Studium am Waterville (später Colby) College ab. Nach einer kurzen Zeit als Schullehrer und Zeitungsredakteur in St. Louis, Mo., begann sich der Sohn eines presbyterianischen Pastors in Princeton auf seine seelsorgerische Tätigkeit vorzubereiten. Zurück in St. Louis, begann er ein presbyterianisches Wochenblatt herauszugeben, den "Observer".  
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:At the request of Alton's mayor the Observer's fourth press was placed in a warehouse for safekeeping. Lovejoy's friends gathered about 50 armed men to guard it. On the evening of November 7 some 20 or 30 local citizens surrounded the warehouse. Responsibility for the first shot was never fixed, but one from within the building killed a member of the attacking group. There was more firing from both sides, and when several defenders rushed out to extinguish a fire on the roof, Lovejoy, standing in an open doorway, fell with five bullets in his body. He died within the hour. After his supporters surrendered, the mob burned the warehouse.
:At the request of Alton's mayor the Observer's fourth press was placed in a warehouse for safekeeping. Lovejoy's friends gathered about 50 armed men to guard it. On the evening of November 7 some 20 or 30 local citizens surrounded the warehouse. Responsibility for the first shot was never fixed, but one from within the building killed a member of the attacking group. There was more firing from both sides, and when several defenders rushed out to extinguish a fire on the roof, Lovejoy, standing in an open doorway, fell with five bullets in his body. He died within the hour. After his supporters surrendered, the mob burned the warehouse.


:The fact that Lovejoy died defending the freedom of speech and press was the subject of hundreds of sermons and editorials throughout the North. His death, wrote John Quincy Adams, "gave a shock as of an earthquake throughout this continent."


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