First to Fall – Elijah Lovejoy History Team Event
First to Fall by Ken Ellingwood If slavery is America’s original sin, then perhaps suppression of a free press is its second. Ellingwood’s chronicle of the life of Elijah Lovejoy shows how both were intertwined on the Southern frontier of the 1830s. While a meticulously researched historical account, the story unfolds like a mystery. Despite knowing beforehand the fate that…
