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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... Northern Whigs from enacting the Proviso . Southern Whigs were convinced that their Northern colleagues were out of touch with public sentiment on slavery in the South . Northern Whigs supported Taylor's plan , but lacked the votes to ...
... Northern Democrats . Southern Whigs were for the measure , but Northern Democrats were split . In the 1854 congressional election , the Demo- cratic Party in the North was decimated losing seventy seats and going from 92 seats in the ...
... Northern conservatives joining with Southerners . The majority version of the platform then passed by a vote of 78 to 63. Although the Northern dissidents did not formally walk out of the convention , 63 out of 75 of the Northern ...
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Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell No preview available - 2007 |