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On Nov. 7, 1837, a pro-slavery mob crossed the river from [[Missouri]], where slavery was legal, and murdered Lovejoy.  Then they threw the printing press of his newspaper into the river.  Decades later it was recovered and displayed by the ''[[Alton Telegraph]]'', the newspaper that published about the murder and has remained in existence until this day.

On Nov. 7, 1837, a pro-slavery mob crossed the river from [[Missouri]], where slavery was legal, and murdered Lovejoy.  Then they threw the printing press of his newspaper into the river.  Decades later it was recovered and displayed by the ''[[Alton Telegraph]]'', the newspaper that published about the murder and has remained in existence until this day.

{{cquote|Mobs had destroyed Lovejoy’s presses on a number of occasions, but when a new press arrived in November 1837, the violence escalated. No sooner was the new press offloaded from the steamboat Missouri Fulton than a drunken mob formed and tried to set fire to the warehouse where it was stored. When Lovejoy ran out to push away a would-be-arsonist, he was shot [and killed].<ref>https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/november-07/</ref>}}

{{cquote|Mobs had destroyed Lovejoy’s presses on a number of occasions, but when a new press arrived in November 1837, the violence escalated. No sooner was the new press offloaded from the steamboat Missouri Fulton than a drunken mob formed and tried to set fire to the warehouse where it was stored. When Lovejoy ran out to push away a would-be-arsonist, he was shot [and killed].<ref>https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/november-07/</ref>}}

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