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I agree with Ally. The fact that Lovejoy got warnings and considering the fact that he had most likely seen what these mobs had done to other people he still acted as if nothing was wrong. The cause he was fighting for was noble, but he just seems a little dumb to me. ---Virginia Stratton | I agree with Ally. The fact that Lovejoy got warnings and considering the fact that he had most likely seen what these mobs had done to other people he still acted as if nothing was wrong. The cause he was fighting for was noble, but he just seems a little dumb to me. ---Virginia Stratton | ||
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| + | I find it interesting that, even though Lovejoy was in a free state, the two men that come to attack him were from slave states. Little was from Virginia and St. Charles was from Mississippi. I was wondering if it was common for individuals from slave states to travel into free states and commit acts of violence when they knew that abolitionists would be speaking? -- Katie Mauro | ||
