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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... Democratic leader Franklin Pierce and was expelled from the party in early 1845 for writing an open letter to his constituents opposing the annexation of Texas . The Independent Democrats , as the Hale ... party , if THE LIBERTY PARTY 29.
Thomas G. Mitchell. THE FREE SOIL PARTY IN NEW YORK 1849-50 Most prominent Barnburners were never comfortable as Free Soilers . They joined the movement in 1848 for the sake of redressing grievances within the Democratic Party and ...
... Democratic Party . " 59 There were also smears against the character of McClellan - against his patriotism and bravery . The War Democrats who were campaigning for Lincoln as part of the Union Party repeated these same charges against ...
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Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell No preview available - 2007 |