---
title: 'Memoir of the Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
date: 1838-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church History, Autobiography, and Biography'
- 'Slavery'
- 'Citizenship and Government'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 22'
- 'John 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/1838-memoir-of-the-rev-elijah-p-lovejoy
---

# Memoir of the Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy

Memoir of Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy, murdered Nov. 7, 1837 defending press freedom. Introduction frames his death within Christian morals, abolitionism, and American civil liberty.

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