November 7, 1837: Mob Kills Elijah Lovejoy

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🗓️ 7 November 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Abolitionist and newspaper editor Elijak Lovejoy was killed in Alton, Illinois by a mob of white supremacists. His murder emboldened others to speak out against slavery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.3	On this day in 1837, a pro-slavery mob shot and killed Elijah P. Lovejoy,
0:46.3	the owner and editor of an anti-slavery newspaper in Alton, Illinois.
0:52.3	Lovejoy's death became a seminal moment in the abolitionist movement,
0:56.6	inspiring many others to become outspoken critics of slavery.
1:07.7	Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast.
1:12.5	Today we're covering the senseless murder of Elijah Lovejoy.
1:16.8	Let's go back to November 7, 1837, to an early morning on the banks of the Mississippi River.
1:34.3	Music Mississippi River. Dawn was still hours away when the steamboat reached the city of Alton, Illinois.
1:40.3	A group of men stood on the docks, waiting nervously in the darkness.
1:45.6	Among them was Elijah P. Lovejoy, a 35-year-old Presbyterian minister, and the owner and editor of the
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