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有些廢奴主義者，例如洛夫喬伊，曾經參加1833年的「反奴隸制度宣言大會」 (Declaration
of the Anti-Slavery Convention)
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伊萊亞．佩利許．洛夫喬伊 (Elijah
Parish Lovejoy) 被一群支持奴隸制度的暴民所殺
1837年11月7日
那些報紙還來不及從船上卸下來，就有一群喝醉的暴民試圖要放火燒燬存放報紙的倉庫。當洛夫喬伊跑出來想要把他們趕走時，有人對他開槍了。在洛夫喬伊死後，從北部到西部，有越來越多的人參與反奴隸制度的組織。但是伊立諾政府卻沒有對這件意外發表任何說明，只有一位叫做亞伯拉罕．林肯的年輕伊利諾州眾議員挺身而出，對這件犯罪行為表示抗議。
No sooner was the press off-loaded from the steamboat than a drunken mob formed and tried to set fire to the warehouse where it was stored. When Lovejoy ran out to push them away, someone shot him. 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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