In 1837 Winthrop Sargent Gilman let the abolitionist Elijah Parish Lovejoy hide his printing press in one of his warehouses in Alton, Illinois, and the angry mob subsequently burnt Gilman's warehouse to the ground and killed Lovejoy.
In 1837 Winthrop Sargent Gilman let the abolitionist Elijah Parish Lovejoy hide his printing press in one of his warehouses in Alton, Illinois. In the ensuing riot the angry mob subsequently burnt Gilman's warehouse to the ground and killed Lovejoy.