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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... Indiana the name People's Party was used . Elsewhere the terms " fusion party ” and “ anti - Nebraska party " were used . In Indiana fusion was on the same ideological basis as in Wisconsin . The People's Party received the support of ...
... Indiana and southern Illinois . The percentage of 1852 Democratic voters who voted Republican in Indiana , Illinois , and Pennsylvania was quite small . In Massachusetts , Connecticut , Maine , and Ohio Democratic losses were more ...
... Indiana nor Pennsylvania believed that the party could win with Seward as the nominee . A twelve - man committee of three delegates each from Illinois , Indiana , New Jersey , and Pennsylvania , met for six hours - from six to midnight ...
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Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell No preview available - 2007 |