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__**Elijah Lovejoy **__  Elijah Lovejoy was born on November 9, 1802 in Albion, Maine. He attended and graduated from Waterville College in 1826. After college he moved to St. Louis, MIssouri. In Missouri, he created a school and then attended the Princeton Theological Seminary. Later, he became the pastor of the Presbyterian Church in 1834. He created the St. Louis Observer, which was a religious newspaper against slavery. He wrote a section in his newspaper about African Americans being lynched in1836. The article upset the local folks in St. Louis. In July of 1836, Lovejoy’s printing press was destroyed by the white local mob. He then moved to Alton, Illinois and joined the local Anti-Slavery Society. He worked on the Alton Observer where he continued to write articles about abolishing slavery. While working there, the white mobs continued to throw his printing press in the Mississippi River. The Ohio Anti-Slavery Society sent Lovejoy another printing press on November 7, 1837. The slave-owners tried to destroy the printing press. Lovejoy’s supporters tried to save the printing press, but Lovejoy ended up getting shot and died.

 Elijah Lovejoy’s goals were to abolish slavery and to advocated the freedom of press. In attempt to abolish slavery, Lovejoy wrote an article in his St. Louis Observer about lynching done by the white slave-owners against the African Americans and just anti-slavery in general. In efforts to abolish slavery he joined the Anti-Slavery Society in Illinois. Lovejoy had even tried to create a State Anti-Slavery Society. Lovejoy strongly advocated for the freedom of press because that was the tool he used to spread the message of abolishing slavery. He printed his anti-slavery articles even after the mobs attacked him and destroyed his printing press. He even died while trying to protect his printing press. He was thought to be the martyr for freedom of speech.

Elijah Lovejoy’s references are Owen Lovejoy and Williams Wells Brown. Owen Lovejoy was the brother of Elijah who also believed in abolishing slavery. Owen Lovejoy helped with the Underground Railroad and was a member of Congress. Williams Wells Brown worked with Elijah Lovejoy with the printing press and was a member of the Anti-Slavery Society. Williams Wells Brown was an African American.

The Federal Government could help by fighting for the abolishing of slavery and the freedom of press. The President has a lot of influence over Congress. In efforts for the freedom of press, the President can support stronger laws to enforce the freedom of press in the Constitution. This way the Congress will be influenced to pass the laws. Protection from mobs and protester's harassment could be enforced by the President. Abolishing slavery could happen if the need for slaves would decrease and the south becoming less dependent on their work until it was completely abolished. The Federal Government could propose legislation on that and the emancipation of African Americans and removal of discrimination located in some laws.

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