"NO WHITE MAN IN HISTORY EVER GAVE HIS LIFE FOR A BLACK MAN!"; ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY: MURDERED NOV. 7, 1837 FOR PUBLISHING ABOLITIONIST LITERATURE. THROUGHOUT THE NORTH AND WEST, MORE PEOPLE JOINED ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETIES FOLLOWING LOVEJOY'S DEATH. OFFICIALS IN ILLINOIS SAID ALMOST NOTHING ABOUT THE INCIDENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A YOUNG STATE REPRESENTATIVE NAMED ABRAHAM LINCOLN, WHO SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE CRIME.
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