Statements (63)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:historical_figure
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gptkbp:advocates_for |
women's rights
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gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:Republican_Party
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gptkbp:associated_with |
gptkb:American_Anti-Slavery_Society
gptkb:Underground_Railroad gptkb:Illinois_State_Anti-Slavery_Society |
gptkbp:birth_date |
1811-11-06
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gptkbp:birth_place |
gptkb:Maine,_USA
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gptkbp:burial_place |
gptkb:Graceland_Cemetery,_Chicago
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gptkbp:children |
five
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gptkbp:death_date |
1864-03-25
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gptkbp:death_place |
gptkb:Illinois,_USA
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gptkbp:education |
gptkb:Bowdoin_College
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Owen Lovejoy
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gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
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gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:William_Lloyd_Garrison
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gptkbp:known_for |
advocating for the abolition of slavery
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gptkbp:legacy |
Lovejoy's legacy in abolitionism
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gptkbp:notable_event |
Advocacy for labor rights
Advocacy for public health initiatives Promotion of social justice initiatives Support for infrastructure development Support for scientific research funding Support for Native American rights Support for anti-corruption measures Involvement in the temperance movement Promotion of women's suffrage Opposition to the Fugitive Slave Act Promotion of agricultural education Support for the abolition of the death penalty Support for public education reforms Advocacy for international peace efforts Advocacy for education for freed slaves Advocacy for environmental conservation. Support for economic equality measures Promotion of civil service reform Support for the Homestead Act Support for the Thirteenth Amendment Support for the establishment of national parks Advocacy for land grants for veterans Advocacy for the Freedmen's Bureau Campaigning for Abraham Lincoln Involvement in the Lincoln-Douglas debates Opposition to the Dred Scott decision Promotion of the Republican Party platform Speech at the Illinois State Anti-Slavery Society Support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act opposition Testifying before Congress on civil rights Involvement in the establishment of the Illinois Central Railroad Participation in the Republican National Convention |
gptkbp:notable_work |
The Lovejoy Letters
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gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:political_movement
gptkb:Politician |
gptkbp:political_party |
gptkb:Republican_Party
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gptkbp:position_held |
gptkb:legislation
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gptkbp:predecessor |
gptkb:James_C._Allen
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gptkbp:religion |
Congregationalist
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gptkbp:spouse |
Mary Lovejoy
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gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:John_A._Logan
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gptkbp:term_end |
1864
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gptkbp:term_start |
1856
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Anti-Slavery_Society
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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