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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... Giddings began corresponding with John Palfrey of the latter group . The following month , in June 1846 , John Q. Adams told Giddings that he was too old and weak to work effectively in Congress and he wanted Giddings to take his place ...
... Giddings , but were betrayed by their Whig colleagues who voted for a Whig candidate . The black laws were repealed and Chase was elected to the Senate on the fourth ballot . The two Free Soil members supporting Chase reciprocated by ...
... Giddings called for a Free Soil convention at Ravenna on the Reserve for late June . Chase attended the convention , but all the resolutions that were passed were those favored by Giddings . In addition to Chase and Giddings , it was ...
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Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell No preview available - 2007 |