Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War AmericaThis book is a narrative history of the thirty-year struggle to outlaw slavery, starting with the founding of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1834 and extending until the abolition of slavery in the United States at the end of the Civil War. |
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... Chase devoted the next decade to advancing his own personal career . After quarrelling with Joshua Giddings over his senate nomination in 1849 , Chase won two terms as governor of Ohio . He was frustrated at both the 1856 and 1860 ...
... Chase continued to complain about Lincoln in letters to numerous friends with whom he engaged in an active correspondence , many of these were former political abolitionists such as Joshua Leavitt . It never occurred to Chase that ...
... Chase to withdraw even before the Ohio result was known , because Chase " had no hope of success , and could only distract the party . " Chase apologized to the president , denied any knowledge of the two articles before their ...
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Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell No preview available - 2007 |