short-story – The View From The Imaginarium

They Planned to Tar and Feather Elijah Lovejoy. Then He Said Something They Didn’t Expect.

Two men were waiting for Elijah Lovejoy on the road from Alton. Doctors Beall and Jennings threatened to tar and feather him, and they had intercepted him away from home. Lovejoy was alone and unarmed. By this point, the controversy surrounding Lovejoy had become increasingly dangerous. His opposition to slavery and the positions he tookContinue reading “They Planned to Tar and Feather Elijah Lovejoy. Then He Said Something They Didn’t Expect.”