Abolitionist Doctrines and Emancipation Principles Exposed
The tract defends abolition as moral law and natural rights, arguing all humans are born free with inalienable rights, condemns slavery as sinful and unjust, and calls for emancipation by master action. It defends voluntary slaveholder action, rejects amalgamation, asserts personal rights trump political rights, and cites historic reformers and biblical backing.
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South
Calhoun
Senate of the
United States
Saith the Apostle
Friends of Temperance
E&c
Frederick the Great
Prussia
Washington
Warren
Thrasybulus
Epaminondas
Spartacus
Brutus
Doria
Tell
Hampden
Sidney
Russell
Hancock
Alton Observer Subscription Rates and Address
The Alton Observer lists subscription options at $3.00 yearly payable in six months or $2.50 if prepaid. It notes discontinuation only when all accounts are settled and mentions five numbers as the minimum purchase. The paper is published in Cincinnati Journal style with Rev. T. B. Hurlbut as agent and editor located in Illinois for communications and payments.
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Main ST
Cincinnati
Yatton Observer
Hove
Sae
Observer
T. B. Hurlbut
Cincinnaity
Obituary, Alton Observer editor and press freedom fight
After a long silence the Atro Onseaven era ends with Elijah P. Lovejoy slain by violent hands. The Alton Observer declares a shift to Cincinnati printing, protests oppression of free expression, defends press liberty, and cites public support and mobs as the nation weighs the case. The piece argues the right of free speech must endure nationwide.
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Elijah P. Lovejoy
Alton Observer
Otter Maiuds
Alton
Cincinnati
Free Republic
Observer
Observer Tv
Lovejoy and the St Louis Editor in Alton Struggle
A biographical notice recounts Elijah Parish Lovejoy born 1802 in Maine became editor of the St Louis Observer and later the Alton Observer. It covers his abolition stance, clashes with mobs, press destruction in Alton, and his civic defense of free discussion and religious journalism.
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Elijah Parish Lovejoy
Al- 6
Maine
Daniel Lovejoy
Husor
Waterville College
Sungmi
Missouri
Wana
Bilake Times
Henry Clay
Department of Learning
Princeton
St. Louis
United States
Vince
McIntosh
Judge Lawless
Alton
Lovejoy
Upper Alton
A. F. Linder
John Hogan
Friends of the Abolition Cause
T. B. Hurlbut
Beecher
Alexander and Co
Friends of Free Discussion
Friends of Order
Anti Slavery Doctrines and Personal Change
Excerpt from the Alton Observer July 20 1837 discusses anti slavery principles and the author’s past prejudice. A philosopher counsels a young man’s temper in dispute and defends rethinking beliefs about abolition. The piece urges readers to confront misrepresentations and reconsider their views.
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Christ
Beelzebub
Alton Tragedy Report From Cincinnati Journal
The Alton violence described details a mob attack on a warehouse housing the press of Mr. Lovejoy and allies. A gunman fatally wounded Lovejoy. others were wounded as rioters burned the building and dispersed after armed clashes. The account cites mayoral efforts, mob coercion, and political incendiary speeches fueling the riot.
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Alton
Cincinnati Journal
Cheeter
Lovejoy
Mr. Roff
Alrom
Algiers
Bacchus
Wondfrey
W.S. Gilman
Roff
Mr. Lovejoy
Thatnan
Weller
Gerry & Weller
Mr. L
St. Paul's
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Old England
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God
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Altun
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P. SL
Mr. Linder
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