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Who was Elijah P. Lovejoy?

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Answer: Elijah Parish Lovejoy was an American Presbyterian minister, journalist, and abolitionist. Lovejoy attacked slavery and a racial system that allowed human rights abuses to go unpunished. A pro-slavery mob eventually murdered him.

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