Narrative of the Riots at Alton

"Edward Beecher... describes Lovejoy as the first martyr in America to the great principles of the freedom of speech and of the press...see Edward Beecher, Narrative of Riots at Alton." - Cast Down: Abjection in America, 1700-1850 (2016)

"An electrifying tremor all across the North...Lovejoy died defending his fourth printing press, three others having been destroyed...the events in Alton brought Edward Beecher ...to a decision for abolitionism." - A religious history of the American people ...