Slavery - Emancipation, Abolition & African American Civil War Participation, Editors - News & Media Biography, Historical Biography - United States - 19th Century, Abolitionists - Biography, Slavery & Abolitionism - African American History
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Overview
A schoolmaster, preacher, and newspaperman, Lovejoy (1802-1837) embodied the Puritan spirit in its most tenacious form. His idea of responsibility prohibited him from modifying his abolitionist stance and led to his murder at the hands of an anti-abolitionist mob. This biography is based on contemporary newspaper files and on correspondence between Lovejoy and his family.
Synopsis
A schoolmaster, preacher, and newspaperman, Lovejoy (1802-1837) embodied the Puritan spirit in its most tenacious form. His idea of responsibility prohibited him from modifying his abolitionist stance and led to his murder at the hands of an anti-abolitionist mob. This biography is based on contemporary newspaper files and on correspondence between Lovejoy and his family.
Book Details
Published
May 19, 1980
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Pages
190
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780313223525