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 * __Elijah Lovejoy__**
 * __Objective:__** I, Elijah Lovejoy feel that slavery is wrong. My main goal is to abolish slavery. I also fight for freedom of the press. I am a Presbyerian preacher and the editor of a religious newspaper that is published weekly. I write articles criticizing Batists, Cambellites, Roman Catholics and pro-slavery advocates. I am merely expressing my freedom of speech and press and feel that it is wrong that so many threats have been brought against the newspaper.

I completed my early studies at public school and then I went to the Academy an Monmouth and China Academy. I then went to Waterville College. I graduated with first class honors at the top of my class. I can read the bible as well as other theological texts and am proficient in Latin and mathematics.
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I have a number of emotional troubles. At one point I even contemplated committing suicide. However, I am overcoming these thoughts. Unfortunately though, I am still very lonely. Religion is the most important aspect of my life and I am alienated by many people.
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I taught at the China Academy and then decided to leave Boston and move to Illinois. I stopped in New York City and became a newspaper subscription peddler for the Saturday Evening Gazette. My former teacher at Waterville College sent me some money and I continued my journey. Once I reached Illinois I decided that I didn't like it there and set of for St. Louis. Once I reached St. Louis I became the editor for a Anti-Jacksonian newspaper and the headmaster of a private school. I was inspired by the Christian Revivalist Movement. I studied Princeton Theological Seminary and then returned to St. Louis and set up a Presbyterian church and became the editor for a religious newspaper published weekly. **__Success:__** I did not have very much success in achieving my goals, slavery was still an issue at the time of my death in 1837. The freedom of press was still an issue because I was shot and killed while trying to stop my printing press from being set fire to by an angry mob.
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My method of achieving my goals was practical. It was practical because the Constitution guaranteed me the right to freedom of press and I was merely expressing my right.
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I think that the President could help me by passing a law to abolish slavery. He could also pass a law to protect people who are merely expressing their constitutional rights. They should not have been allowed to throw my printing presses in the river.
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Reverend Jeremiah Chaplin - He was President of the Waterville College and he sent me money to help me finish my journey to Illinois. Owen Lovejoy - He is my brother. He is also an American lawyer, a Congregational minister, a abolitionist, and Republican congressmen. He was also a "conductor" on the underground railroad. He was present on the night I was murdered. Elijah Lovejoy. (n.d.). //Spartacus Educational - Home Page//. Retrieved February 24, 2010, from http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASlovejoy.htm Elijah Parish Lovejoy. (n.d.). //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. Retrieved February 24, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah
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