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The Alton Observer (1837) was an abolitionist newspaper established in Alton, Illinois, by the journalist and newspaper editor Elijah Lovejoy after he was forced to flee St. Louis, Missouri. Lovejoy left St. Louis, where he edited the St. Louis Observer, after his printing press was destroyed for the third time.

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rdfs:comment	The Alton Observer (1837) was an abolitionist newspaper established in Alton, Illinois, by the journalist and newspaper editor Elijah Lovejoy after he was forced to flee St. Louis, Missouri. Lovejoy left St. Louis, where he edited the St. Louis Observer, after his printing press was destroyed for the third time. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Underground Railroad Elijah Lovejoy St. Louis Observer Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument Newspaper Abolitionism in the United States Alton, Illinois 1837 disestablishments in Illinois Defunct newspapers published in Illinois Newspapers established in 1837 Publications disestablished in 1837 Owen Lovejoy Abolitionist newspapers published in the United States 1837 establishments in Illinois St. Louis, Missouri
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has abstract	The Alton Observer (1837) was an abolitionist newspaper established in Alton, Illinois, by the journalist and newspaper editor Elijah Lovejoy after he was forced to flee St. Louis, Missouri. Lovejoy left St. Louis, where he edited the St. Louis Observer, after his printing press was destroyed for the third time. Although Illinois was a free state and Alton was linked to the Underground Railroad, the city also had a large pro-slavery faction, including slave catchers and others dependent on slaves. The former earned money by their capture of slaves' escaping across the Mississippi from Missouri. Southern Illinois had numerous slavery supporters, where farmers used slave labor for cultivation. On November 7, 1837, abolition opponents mobbed the warehouse where Lovejoy had his press, and gunfire was exchanged between them and his supporters. Lovejoy and his supporters killed one man in the mob, named Bishop, and wounded others. While they were trying to prevent the burning of the warehouse, Lovejoy and Royal Weller were shot; Lovejoy died immediately. The mob threw the press out the window and into the river. Publication of the Alton Observer ended after Lovejoy's murder, but his brother Owen Lovejoy became a leader of the abolitionists in Illinois and carried on the struggle. Elijah Lovejoy was considered a martyr by abolitionists across the country. (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	John R. Anderson (minister) List of journalists killed in the United States St. Louis Observer Elijah Parish Lovejoy George C. Sibley Winthrop Sargent Gilman Albion, Maine
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