Elijah Parish Lovejoy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elijah Parish Lovejoy

American abolitionist

Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1802

Place of Birth: Albion, Maine, United States

Date of Death: 07-Nov-1837

Profession: editor, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Elijah Parish Lovejoy (November 9, 1802 – November 7, 1837) was an American Presbyterian minister, journalist, newspaper editor, and abolitionist.
He was shot and killed by a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois, during their attack on the warehouse of Benjamin Godfrey and W.
S.
Gillman to destroy Lovejoy's press and abolitionist materials. According to John Quincy Adams, the murder "[gave] a shock as of an earthquake throughout this country".
"The Boston Recorder declared that these events called forth from every part of the land 'a burst of indignation which has not had its parallel in this country since the Battle of Lexington.'" When informed at a meeting about the martyrdom, John Brown said publicly: "Here, before God, in the presence of these witnesses, from this time, I consecrate my life to the destruction of slavery."