Owen Lovejoy
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Owen Lovejoy was an American lawyer, Congregational minister, abolitionist, and Republican congressman from Illinois. He was also a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. After his brother Elijah Lo
Lovejoy (1850s) by J. Gurney & Son
Lovejoy in 1859
A posthumous portrait from 1915
Elijah Parish Lovejoy
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Elijah Parish Lovejoy was an American Presbyterian minister, journalist, newspaper editor, and abolitionist. After his murder by a mob, he became a martyr to the abolitionist cause opposing slavery in
Owen Lovejoy
…Congregational minister, abolitionist, and Republican congressman from Illinois. He was also a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. After his brother Elijah Lovejoy was murdered in November 1837 by pro-slavery forces, Owen, a friend of Abraham Lincoln, became a leader of abolitionists in Illinois, condemning slavery…
Appletons' Lovejoy Elijah Parish
Reverend David Nelson influenced Lovejoy's antislavery views.
Wood engraving of the pro-slavery mob setting fire to Gilman & Godfrey's warehouse
Mid-19th century memorial card with Lovejoy's silhouette