https://padlet.com/berniemac729/hq0tpksues4k By Brynn Slattery en-us 2017-10-25 19:37:57 UTC 2024-05-18 21:29:53 UTC hello@padlet.com berniemac729 https://padlet.com/berniemac729/hq0tpksues4k/wish/200599713  - Elijah was against slavery; believed slavery exploited and degraded humans, while also violating their human rights
- Supporter of the Whig party at the time of the Democratic Party was popular
- Even though he wrote for the "Observer", a Presbyterian paper that was extremely hostile against the Catholic and Protestant Churches, it did not meet his personal standards of theological purity.]]> 2017-10-25 19:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/berniemac729/hq0tpksues4k/wish/200599713 berniemac729 https://padlet.com/berniemac729/hq0tpksues4k/wish/200599893 - He nonviolently fought for the liberation of African American slaves and defended the rights of slaves.
- While he was in St. Louis, he opened one of the first public schools in the area. 
- He became an activist for the abolition of slavery. 
- He wrote for the "Observer", which contained antislavery messages which brought awareness to the conditions of slaves.]]> 2017-10-25 19:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/berniemac729/hq0tpksues4k/wish/200599893 berniemac729 https://padlet.com/berniemac729/hq0tpksues4k/wish/200600127 - His editorials led to many believing that freedom would abolish slavery or slavery would abolish freedom.
- He preached that slaves had souls and needed religious educations just as whites did.
- Died in defense of his view, which led to more Northerners joining the anti-slavery society.

]]> 2017-10-25 19:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/berniemac729/hq0tpksues4k/wish/200600127 berniemac729 https://padlet.com/berniemac729/hq0tpksues4k/wish/200600411 - Even though he did not consider himself an abolitionist, he preached and wrote articles about slavery. This led to several threats from slave owners, but he continued preaching and writing.]]> 2017-10-25 19:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/berniemac729/hq0tpksues4k/wish/200600411 berniemac729 https://padlet.com/berniemac729/hq0tpksues4k/wish/200600626 - Died for the freedom of press and freedom of slaves 
- Helped pave the road for people to fight for what is right even if it meant self-sacrifice
- Brought to light how corrupt the slave system was
- After his death, Abolitionist reforms began to work toward the freedoms Lovejoy was fighting for. This later led to a shift in society moving towards more freedom and equality.]]> 2017-10-25 19:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/berniemac729/hq0tpksues4k/wish/200600626 berniemac729 https://padlet.com/berniemac729/hq0tpksues4k/wish/200600708 - Martin Luther King Jr. would be a modern day equivalent because he fought for desegregation in a nonviolent way through he preaching. Even though he was not fighting for the end of slavery, he was fighting for equal rights for all, including blacks.]]> 2017-10-25 19:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/berniemac729/hq0tpksues4k/wish/200600708 berniemac729 https://padlet.com/berniemac729/hq0tpksues4k/wish/200600825 - Born: November 9, 1802 in Albion, Maine
- Learned how to read using the Bible
- Became a preacher for ta Presbyterian Church in 1833
- American newspaper editor
- Martyred abolitionist 
- Died: November 7, 1837 in Alton, Illinois
- Died in defense of his right to print antislavery material

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