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Joseph Cammett Lovejoy (1805–1871) was a clergyman, activist, and author.[1] He was an abolitionist, and was also involved in the debate over liquor laws.[2] His siblings included Elijah Parish Lovejoy and Owen Lovejoy (1811–1864).[3][4] He wrote Memoir of Charles T. Torrey about Charles T. Torrey.[5] who died in a Maryland penitentiary after being sentenced for aiding African Americans trying to escape slavery on the Underground Railroad and co-wrote with his brother Owen the memoir of their murdered brother Elijah.

He wrote for The Emancipator. He and his brother Owen wrote a memoir of Elijah Lovejoy after his murder by a white mob for publishing am anti-slavery newspaper. In March, 1853 he gave a speech before the Legislative Temperance Committee.[6] He also spoke about liquor legislation before the Massachusetts Legislature.[7]

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  • Memoir of Rev. C. T. Torrey; who died in the Penitentary of Maryland, where he was confined for showing mercy to the poor
  • Memoir of the REV. Elijah P. Lovejoy; Who Was Murdered in Defence of the Liberty of the Press, at Alton, Illinois, Nov. 7, 1837, co-written with Owen Lovejoy

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