ALTON, ILL
\ˈaltən], \ˈaltən], \ˈa_l_t_ə_n]\
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In 1836 Elijah P. Lovejoy, an Abolitionist clergyman, began to publish an anti-slavery paper here. His press was twice destroyed by a pro-slavery mob. While defending his premises against a third attack in November, 1837, he was shot and mortally wounded.
By John Franklin Jameson
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