First to Fall
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First to Fall

Elijah Lovejoy and the Fight for a Free Press in the Age of Slavery

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

First to Fall

Elijah Lovejoy and the Fight for a Free Press in the Age of Slavery

About this book

A vividly told tale of a forgotten American hero—an impassioned newsman who fought for the right to speak out against slavery. The history of the fight for free press has never been more vital in our own time, when journalists are targeted as "enemies of the people." In this bnrilliant and rigorously researched history, award-winning journalist and author KenEllingwood animates the life and times of abolitionist newspaper editor Elijah Lovejoy. First to Fall illuminates this flawed yet heroic figure who made the ultimate sacrifice while fighting for free press rights in a timewhen theFirstAmendment offered little protection for those who daredtocritique America's "peculiar institution."Culminating in Lovejoy's dramatic clashes with the pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois—who were torching printingpress after printing press— First to Fall will bring Lovejoy, his supportersand his enemiestolife during the raucous 1830s at the edge of slave country. It wasa bloody period of innovation, conflict, violent politics, and painful soul-searching over pivotal issues of morality and justice.In the tradition of books like The Arc of Justice, First to Fall elevates a compelling, socially urgent narrative that has never received the attention it deserves.The book willaimtodo no less thanrescue Lovejoy from the footnotes of history and restore him as a martyr whose death was not only a catalyst for widespread abolitionist action, but also inaugurated the movementtoward the free press protections we cherish so dearlytoday.

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Information

Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2021
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9781643137032
Subtopic
Journalist Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter One: Where the Evil Existed
  6. Chapter Two: A Land of Strangers
  7. Chapter Three: Brethren
  8. Chapter Four: The Only Weapon
  9. Chapter Five: Nothing but a Newspaper
  10. Chapter Six: To the West
  11. Chapter Seven: The Ashes of McIntosh
  12. Chapter Eight: A Judge Named Lawless
  13. Chapter Nine: Mr. Birney Frees his Slaves
  14. Chapter Ten: Incendiary Missiles
  15. Chapter Eleven: The South Builds a Barricade
  16. Chapter Twelve: A Right to Interfere
  17. Chapter Thirteen: The Odious Doctrines of Elijah Lovejoy
  18. Chapter Fourteen: A Band of Lawless Men
  19. Chapter Fifteen: The Wise and Good
  20. Chapter Sixteen: Effects Most Happy
  21. Chapter Seventeen: No Right to be Neutral
  22. Chapter Eighteen: A Train of Mournful Consequences
  23. Chapter Nineteen: Tin Horns and Torches
  24. Chapter Twenty: A Martyr in the Cause
  25. Epilogue
  26. Postscript
  27. Acknowledgments
  28. About the Author
  29. Notes
  30. Bibliography
  31. Index
  32. Copyright

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