Elijah Lovejoy

Question 1: (Did Elijah Lovejoy believe the best way to end slavery was by changing people's hearts or by changing the law?)

100

Did Lovejoy encourage violence toward slave owners?

No, but rather to influence public opinion

200

What did Lovejoy believe about slavery according to god?

sin/an evil against god

300

What did Lovejoy believe slavery enabled?

Crimes against Black people to go unpunished

400

Why did Lovejoy create his newspaper?

To show people the wrongness of slavery

500

How did Lovejoy view his anti-slavery activism?

Exercise of free speech and freedom of the press

Question 2: (Did Elijah Lovejoy believe in ending slavery immediately, or did he prefer a slow, phased approach?)

100

Did Lovejoy ORIGINALLY prefer a gradual or quicker approach to ending slavery?

Gradual approach

200

What printing press did Lovejoy work at when he moved to Illinois?

Alton Observer

Question 3: (How did Lovejoy use his position as a newspaper editor to connect local incidents of violence in Missouri to the national debate on the morality of slavery?)

100

What type of editorials did Lovejoy post in the St. Louis Observer in his home state of Missouri ?

anti-slavery editorials 

200

After Lovejoy left missouri, which free state did he move to, to post anti-slave editorials in the alton observer?

City of alton in Illinois.

300

How did Elijah Lovejoy die?

Mob shootout

400

How many different printing presses did Elijah Lovejoy have?

4 printing presses

500

What year did Elijah Lovejoy die?

1837