Lovejoy

[luhv-joi]

noun

1. Elijah P(arish), 1802–37, U.S. abolitionist and newspaper editor.

Example Sentences

Lincoln’s principal inspiration for the lecture flowed from the murders referred to in the book’s title—three recent acts of racial violence, all “revolting to humanity”: the mass-lynching of blacks and gamblers in Vicksburg, Miss., in 1835; the fatal mob attack on Elijah P. Lovejoy, the abolitionist editor, in Alton, Ill., in 1837; and not least the public burning to death, in 1836, of Francis McIntosh, a free black sailor who stabbed to death a white deputy sheriff in St. Louis after a wrongful arrest.

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Among those he blamed was Christopher Lovejoy, a boxer known as “600,” who was present in the front row.

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And they accused Lovejoy, who has more than 100,000 Instagram followers, of being disrespectful Henley.

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Former London Irish prop Lovejoy Chawatama replaces the departed Kyle Sinckler, but it will be the arrival of Fijian back-row 'Bill' Mata that excites the fans, though he'll miss the start of the season with a hamstring injury.

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He admired the preachers he heard as a child, especially at Lovejoy Baptist Church, his home congregation.

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