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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... Pennsylvania or Pennsylvania plus two or three of the other doubtful states . Republican leaders in California considered their chances there as hopeless , so they decided to gamble everything on carrying Pennsylvania . This was a risky ...
... Pennsylvania was a fusion ticket agreed upon . 40 The Republican effort in Pennsylvania was plagued by a disorganized multi- tude of committees , lack of system , lack of funds , and personal feuds among the leaders . Thaddeus Stevens ...
... 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 in the suite ...
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Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell No preview available - 2007 |