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"It is not possible that one man can convert another into a piece of property, thus at once annihilating all his personal rights, without the most flagrant injustice and usurpation."

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About Elijah Parish Lovejoy

Elijah Parish Lovejoy was an American Presbyterian minister, journalist, and abolitionist editor. He was killed by a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois, and became a symbol for press freedom and the antislavery movement. His death intensified abolitionist organizing in the North.

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