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Antislavery in the United States 1776-1865:
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Elijah Parish Lovejoy
Websites
Alton, Illinois - Civil War Era - Elijah Parish Lovejoy
A brief bio of Lovejoy along with an account of the 7 November 1837 Alton mob riot as reported by the Alton Observer.
The Antislavery Literature Project
This digital archive contains historical and contemporary accounts of slavery. One will
find a wealth of material regarding slavery in the United States, including some about Lovejoy. This site is maintained by the
English Department
of Arizona State University
and the EServer
at Iowa State University’s English Department.
Colby College
Elijah Parish Lovejoy graduated from Colby College in 1826. The
Elijah Parish Lovejoy
page provides a brief bio of Lovejoy and the Colby College Lovejoy award. The Colby College Libraries Special Collections page
provides a catalog search to use for locating Lovejoy materials available within the collections.
Hathi Trust Digital Library
This digital repository makes available collections from numerous research libraries. Use the
Catalog for locating
items about Elijah Lovejoy.
Internet Archive
This digital library provides a gateway to online documents about Lovejoy.
The Liberator Files
This site maintained by Horace Sheldon contains articles from William Lloyd Garrison’s The Liberator.
Lovejoy, Elijah Parish Papers, 1804-1891 and undated
The
Texas Tech Southwest Collections/Special Collections Library provides a digital repository of Lovejoy papers and
correspondence.
Today in History: November 7
This Library of Congress page provides an overview of Lovejoy’s murder by a pro-slavery mob.
You’ll also find links to related sources found within the Library of Congress website.
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