Freedom's Champion: Elijah Lovejoy

by Paul Simon

Book Overview

In this revised edition of his earlier biography, Paul Simon provides an inspiring account of the life and work of Elijah Lovejoy, an avid abolitionist in the 1830s and the first martyr to freedom of the press in the United States.

Lovejoy was a native New Englander, the son of a Congregational minister. He came to the Midwest in 1827 in pursuit of a teaching career and succeeded in running his own school for two years in St. Louis. Teaching...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809319403
• ISBN13: 9780809319404
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Freedom's Champion: Elijah Lovejoy

I highly recommend this book. History buffs will like reading it.