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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 7. november 1837 / Timeline November 7, 1837

6. November 1837, 8. November 1837

11/07/1837
Abolitionist, clergyman and editor Elijah P. Lovejoy, 34, was murdered by a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois, as he defended his newly delivered printing press.
Litteratur: Beecher, Edward: Narrative of riots at Alton : in connection with the death of Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy.
- Alton [Ill.] : G. Holton, 1838. - 176 s.
- http://archive.org/details/narrativeofriots00inbeec , og
- http://archive.org/search.php?query=Elijah%20P.%20Lovejoy
Tanner, Henry, of Buffalo, N.Y: The martyrdom of Lovejoy : an account of the life, trials, and perils of Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy, who was killed by a pro-slavery mob at Alton, Ill., the night of November 7, 1837.
- Chicago : Fergus Printing Co., 1881. - 272 s.
- http://archive.org/details/martyrdomoflovej7202tann

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