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Introduction
Elijah Lovejoy By: Hetvi Thakore -
Childhood
Elijah Lovejoy was born on November 9th 1802, Albion, Maine He grew up in Albion, Maine -
Family
Elijah Lovejay had 6 brothers and 2 sisters He was married to Celia Ann French and had 2 children together -
Education
Elijah Lovejoy attended Monmouth Academy public high school in Monmouth, Maine Yes, he graduated from Waterville College (now Colby College) in his home state (Maine) -
Reform
Elijah Lovejoy was a Abolitionists ----they were individuals who wanted to get rid or put an end to slavery he set up a church and resumed work as editor of the Observer his editorials criticized slavery -
Reform 2
Elijah Lovejoy was successful because a white man died for a black slavery... he tried his best to get rid of slavery -
Conclusion
Five years later, Elijah Lovejoy studied at the Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey and became a preacher. then he came to St. Louis, he set up a church and resumed work as editor of the Observer. His editorials criticized slavery May 1836, after anti-abolitionist opponents in St. Louis destroyed his printing press for the third time, In 1837 he started the Alton Observer, also an abolitionist paper. On November 7, 1837, he got shot
