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First to Fall: Elijah Lovejoy and the Fight for a Free Press in the Age of Slavery
Synopsis:
Elijah Lovejoy was a Presbyterian minister, newspaper editor, and temperance crusader. Prior to the Civil War he became a staunch abolitionist, and as the owner of two newspapers his offices and printing presses were vandalized. While guarding a new press in a warehouse he was killed by an angry mob.