Elijah Parish Lovejoy | Maine: An Encyclopedia

Albion

Cities & TownsBy Jim July 26, 2011 2 Comments

Monument with plaque at the site of the birthplace of anti-slavery journalist Ellijah Parish Lovejoy (2003)

First settled in 1790, probably by Congregational minister Daniel Lovejoy, Albion, in Kennebec County, is the birthplace of Elijah Parish Lovejoy, son of Daniel and a fearless journalist and opponent of slavery. A plaque to Lovejoy, who was murdered for his beliefs, rests outside the town library.