Elijah Lovejoy

[Steve]

In another recent thread Laurie made note of me posting a lot of videos from this history guy, but he just happens to produce a lot of high quality videos on lesser-known topics that I sometimes think might be of interest to members of the forum. Well, I came across another video that might be of interest about the life and death of Elijah Lovejoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clu4lD7A1t8

[Gene C]

Thanks for sharing this video. I did find it of interest.

I recently read a good book about Lovejoy and posted about it, "Lovejoy Martyr to Freedom"
https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussi...ht=lovejoy

[L Verge]

(03-21-2019 07:50 PM)Steve Wrote:  In another recent thread Laurie made note of me posting a lot of videos from this history guy, but he just happens to produce a lot of high quality videos on lesser-known topics that I sometimes think might be of interest to members of the forum. Well, I came across another video that might be of interest about the life and death of Elijah Lovejoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clu4lD7A1t8

I agree with Steve about the History Guy. I have learned a lot from his 10-minute or so videos over the past year - once I stumbled upon his site. His style also appeals to middle school and up, I suspect, so anything that brings good history to the younger generation is appreciated by me.

[GustD45]

The History Guy makes a lot of good points about Elijah Lovejoy. Too many people equate him to abolitionism and the ensuing Civil War when in reality he was more an advocate for a free press and free speech.

[Rsmyth]

Elijah Parish Lovejoy died on November 7th 1837 and is buried in Alton Cemetery in Alton, Illinois. The stone in front of his grave marker reads…”whose death at the hands of an angry mob…made him an enduring symbol of the fight for human liberty and freedom of the press.”

Initially on November 9th 1837, Lovejoy was buried in an unmarked grave in the Alton City Cemetery. William “Scotch” Johnson, a Black man who assisted in the burial would be instrumental in locating the grave years later for reburial of the remains.

Decades had passed when his body was exhumed and re-interred in its present site in the Alton Cemetery, with the monument being dedicated on November 7th 1897, exactly sixty years after his murder.