Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Elijah Lovejoy

Read this short piece on Lovejoy. Find at least two other sources with additional information and post their links in the comments. Say who is the next "catalyst" character in the progress toward Civil War?
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  1. Leta HallowellMarch 21, 2012 at 3:54 PM

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  2. Leta HallowellMarch 21, 2012 at 3:54 PM

    Here is an information from Colby College:
    http://www.colby.edu/education/activism/stories/lovejoy.html

    and a paragraph from the Illinois Online Periodical:
    http://www.lib.niu.edu/2001/ihy011216.html

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  3. Leta HallowellMarch 21, 2012 at 4:01 PM

    I read that slave narratives were seen as one catalyst of the American Civil War. A particular person was Frederick Dougless who published the popular "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" in 1845. There were other were slave accounts, but Douglass' was one of the most popular.

    I found this information at:
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2958.html

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  4. Lee RobertsMarch 21, 2012 at 5:36 PM

    Excellent "catalyst" character. Yes, slave narratives were all the rage with abolitionists, especially highly educated ones in Boston and other northern urban centers.

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  5. CraigMarch 22, 2012 at 9:15 AM

    http://www.altonweb.com/history/lovejoy/ao1.html

    http://www.state.il.us/hpa/lovejoy/bio.htm

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  6. Rye32March 22, 2012 at 9:18 AM

    Here are two other sources about Elijah Lovejoy
    http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/349544/Elijah-P-Lovejoy
    and
    http://www.biography.com/people/elijah-lovejoy-9387222

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