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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... Washington . The party could not afford to establish a daily but could found a weekly paper . The paper was to combine quality political reporting with an antislavery agenda . Tappan wanted the paper to be privately owned rather than ...
... Washington . He had snubbed Lincoln in the mid - 1850s when Lincoln was associate counsel on a case that Stanton was the lead lawyer on . Stanton had been a Democrat all of his adult life , but was also a bit of a political opportunist ...
... Washington and sent the 6th Corps from Petersburg to defend Washington . The following day Lincoln went out to Ft . Stevens , which was under attack , accompanied by his wife . In his stovepipe hat Lincoln went up to the parapet to ...
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Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell No preview available - 2007 |