Elijah Parish Lovejoy (November 9, 1802 – November 7, 1837) was an American Presbyterian minister, journalist, newspaper editor, and abolitionist. After his murder by a mob, he became a martyr to the abolitionist cause opposing slavery in the United States. He was also hailed as a defender of free speech and freedom of the press. (From Wikipedia) More about Elijah P. Lovejoy:
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16 additional books about Elijah P. Lovejoy in the extended shelves: Riots at Alton (G. Holton, 1838), by Edward Beecher (page images at HathiTrust)
Elijah Parish Lovejoy as a Christian. (Wetmore & co., 1910), by Melvin Jameson (page images at HathiTrust)
Memoir of the Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy : who was murdered in defence of the liberty of the press, at Alton, Illinois, Nov. 7, 1837 (Taylor, 1838), by Joseph C. Lovejoy, Owen Lovejoy, and John Quincy Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
The martyrdom of Lovejoy. : An account of the life, trials, and perils of Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy, who was killed by a pro slavery mob, at Alton, Ill., on the night of November 7, 1837 (Fergus printing company, 1881), by Henry Tanner (page images at HathiTrust)
Narrative of riots at Alton: in connection with the death of Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy. (G. Holton, 1838), by Edward Beecher (page images at HathiTrust)
The fifth seal, Rev. 6 chap., 9 verse ... (Printed by the Edward F. Hartmann co., 1922), by Kizzie Huskinson Shifflett (page images at HathiTrust)
History of the rise and progress of the Alton riots, culminating in the death of Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy, November 7th, 1837. (Printing House of J.D. Warren, 1878), by Henry Tanner (page images at HathiTrust)
The freedom speech of Wendell Phillips. Faneuil hall, December 8, 1837, with descriptive letters from eye witnesses. (Wendell Phillips hall association, 1891), by Wendell Phillips (page images at HathiTrust)
The martyr of freedom : a discourse delivered at East Machias, November 30, and at Machias, December 7, 1837 (I. Knapp, 1838), by Thomas Treadwell Stone (page images at HathiTrust)
The freedom speech of Wendell Phillips. Faneuil hall, December 8, 1837, with descriptive letters from eye witnesses. (Wendell Phillips Hall Association, 1891), by Wendell Phillips (page images at HathiTrust)
The story of Archer Alexander from slavery to freedom, March 30, 1863 (Cupples, Upham, 1885), by William Greenleaf Eliot (page images at HathiTrust)
The freedom speech of Wendell Phillips : Faneuil Hall, December 8, 1837, with descriptive letters from eye witnesses. (Wendell Phillips Hall Association, 1890), by Wendell Phillips (page images at HathiTrust)
Dedication of the Lovejoy Monument, Alton, Illinois, November 8th, 1897 : in gratitude to God and in the love of liberty, the State of Illinois and the Citizens of Alton erect this monument, 1896-7. (Chas. Holden, 1897) (page images at HathiTrust)
Early reminiscences of Alton. (s.n., 1896), by Joseph Brown and Ill.) Lovejoy Monument Association (Alton (page images at HathiTrust)
Lovejoy : an address delivered at the Church of the Unity, St. Louis, March 14, 1888 (s.n., 1888), by Thomas Dimmock (page images at HathiTrust)
The martyrdom of Lovejoy An account of the life, trials, and perils of Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy, who was killed by a pro-slavery mob, at Alton, Ill., on the night of November 7, 1837. (Fergus Print. Co., 1881), by Henry Tanner (page images at HathiTrust)
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