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"Emancipation, to be of any value to the slave, must be the free, voluntary act of the master, performed from a conviction of its propriety."

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About Elijah Parish Lovejoy

Elijah Parish Lovejoy was an American Presbyterian minister, journalist, and abolitionist editor. He was killed by a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois, and became a symbol for press freedom and the antislavery movement. His death intensified abolitionist organizing in the North.

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