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Steve Tran Elijah Lovejoy

I don't know what form to put this in...everyone else has a different form so i just edited my work into three different forms just to be safe. Form #1: Goal and Occupation: -former minister -from Alton, Illinois -A strong abolitionist -editor for the St Louis Observer, then for the Alton Observer, both were religious newspapers -strong advocate for freedom of the press

What was done to attempt to meet the goals: Anti-Slavery -wrote articles on lynching and anti-slavery -joined a local Anti-Slavery Society in Alton, Illinois -tried to create a state Anti-Slavery Society -fought for the emancipation for African Americans For Freedom of the Press -continued to print even after being attacked for anti-slavery articles -died to protect a printing press

Criticism from people: -The South and slave holders attacked my printing press -the articles for anti-slavery were criticized harshly by the locals

The Success of the Campaign -Anti Slavery Success -was strong after his death, it increased the abolitionist movement -newspaper articles for anti-slavery spread through the region better than many other forms of protest -Freedom of the Press Success -ignored attacks to my press and continued to print articles in show of freedom of the press -died protecting my printing press -was a successful protest because people believe me to be the martyr for freedom of the press

References Two references for Elijah Lovejoy as being an abolitionist and a fighter for freedom of the press were Williams Wells Brown and Owen Lovejoy. Williams Wells Brown was an African American who worked for Elijah Lovejoy in his printing press. He was an abolitionist and wrote poems and books on slavery. He was also part of the Anti-Slavery Society like Elijah Lovejoy and went to Europe to speak on behalf of the Peace Congress. Owen Lovejoy was the brother of Elijah Lovejoy. He was an abolitionist as well. He was a member of Congress and was part of the Underground Railroad

There are ways that the Federal government could help in the fight for slavery and freedom of the press. The Federal government can help by simply proposing legislation to slowly reduce dependency on slavery and sooner or later remove slavery completely. The Federal government can also propose bills that can help African Americans get emancipated and also to remove discriminatory laws. The President can influence Congress to do all that. The President can also use the military to go down to the south and free all the slaves. For the freedom of the press and speech issue, the President can also influence Congress to pass stronger laws to enforce that part of the Constitution. The President may also protect the press from harassment by mobs and protesters.

Form#2: Elijah Lovejoy was as one would put it, an abolitionist. He was also a minister. His weapon of choice was the Press. His goal was to get rid of slavery, which is what he spent his most important years of his life doing, a time of less than 10 years in the 1830s. He not only fought for anti-slavery, but also for freedom of speech and press. These all tied together in his life as he wrote newspaper articles for the anti-slave movement. Elijah Lovejoy worked for a religious newspaper called the St. Louis Observer. There he printed articles against slavery. He even printed an article on lynching. He later in Alton, Illinois joined the Anti-Slavery Society to fight against slavery. He was criticized for his articles in the Alton Observer. This in turn led him to fight for freedom of speech and the press. He also tried to get a state abolition society set up as well. He fought for emancipation for African Americans in his articles too. The groups that protested, and put forth much criticism, were the slave-owning locals and Southerners that were against him. They attacked and destroyed his printing press multiple times. This is an example of his fight for freedom of the press. He kept printing but eventually moved to Alton, Illinois where he began to print anti-slavery articles as well. The mob that was against anti-slavery, one day attacked Lovejoy’s press and killed him in Alton. His successfulness of his campaign against slavery was not strong until after his death. It caused a lot of abolitionist movements. His campaign for freedom of speech and slavery were strong and he is well known as a martyr for freedom of the press. His way of carrying out his goals was very practical for his time. By writing articles about slavery he spread his ideas around a lot better than anything else. There was not T.V. or radio to tell so a newspaper, which was the most common way for news to get around, was a good way to get the anti-slavery movement out. His protest for freedom of the press was a strong one. He kept printing even after his printing presses were destroyed and there was danger to his life, he died protecting his printing press. It was an effective way to protest because it was a non-violent way to get his message out when his enemies were around him. If he had resorted to mob protest, he would quickly have been shut down. Two references for Elijah Lovejoy as being an abolitionist and a fighter for freedom of the press were Williams Wells Brown and Owen Lovejoy. Williams Wells Brown was an African American who worked for Elijah Lovejoy in his printing press. He was an abolitionist and wrote poems and books on slavery. He was also part of the Anti-Slavery Society like Elijah Lovejoy and went to Europe to speak on behalf of the Peace Congress. Owen Lovejoy was the brother of Elijah Lovejoy. He was an abolitionist as well. He was a member of Congress and was part of the Underground Railroad. There are ways that the Federal government could help in the fight for slavery and freedom of the press. The Federal government can help by simply proposing legislation to slowly reduce dependency on slavery and sooner or later remove slavery completely. The Federal government can also propose bills that can help African Americans get emancipated and also to remove discriminatory laws. The President can influence Congress to do all that. The President can also use the military to go down to the south and free all the slaves. For the freedom of the press and speech issue, the President can also influence Congress to pass stronger laws to enforce that part of the Constitution. The President may also protect the press from harassment by mobs and protesters.

Form #3:(couldn't help but use I in part of the resume)

My goals for reform are to stop slavery and to promote a stronger freedom of the press. Once a minister but now a newspaper editor for the religious paper called the St. Louis Observer. During that time at the St. Louis Observer, a religious newspaper, I wrote many articles on slavery and lynching, but the criticism that my newspaper received was a violent one. The printing press was destroyed multiple times and thus forced one to move to another location such as Alton, Illinois. Over in Alton, finding a local Anti-Slavery society and joining it was done and there the continuing of writing articles against slavery kept one busy. The attempt to try to set up a state wide Anti-Slavery society was to increase the size fo the organization. Part of the goal for anti-slavery was the fight for emancipation for the African Americans which I strongly fought for. The mass began to get violent and again destroyed my printing press. I continued to ignore these threats and fought for my freedom of the press. The group that put up the most protest and criticism against this movement were the Southerners and the slave owners. Attacking the printing press over and over again in Alton, Illinois until finally the mob decided to come and shoot me. The successfulness of this goal for anti-slavery was strongly felt after my death. The effectiveness of the slavery articles were much more affective than any other form of communication. After death the abolitionist movement began to rise even stronger. As for the freedom of the press goal, this was in a sense satifactory, for being called a sacrifice for freedom of the press is something that presents itself as progress. The non-violent protest against the mobs was indeed affective for had one resorted to violence the lifespan and chance to write again would have been cut even more so. Two references for Elijah Lovejoy as being an abolitionist and a fighter for freedom of the press were Williams Wells Brown and Owen Lovejoy. Williams Wells Brown was an African American who worked for Elijah Lovejoy in his printing press. He was an abolitionist and wrote poems and books on slavery. He was also part of the Anti-Slavery Society like Elijah Lovejoy and went to Europe to speak on behalf of the Peace Congress. Owen Lovejoy was the brother of Elijah Lovejoy. He was an abolitionist as well. He was a member of Congress and was part of the Underground Railroad. There are ways that the Federal government could help in the fight for slavery and freedom of the press. The government can help by simply proposing legislation to slowly reduce dependency on slavery and sooner or later remove slavery completely. The government can also propose bills that can help African Americans get emancipated and also to remove discriminatory laws. The President can influence Congress to do all that. The president can also use the military to go down to the south and free all the slaves. For the freedom of the press and speech issue, the President can also influence Congress to pass stronger laws to enforce that part of the Constitution. The President may also protect the press from harassment by mobs and protesters.

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