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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Thomas G. Mitchell. THE NEW YORK LIBERTY PARTY 1841-48 Gerrit Smith of Petersboro , New York , and a circle of his close friends who lived in surrounding communities dominated the New York Liberty Party . Smith was one of the country's ...
... York's share of patronage for themselves instead of sharing it with the whole party . Hunker opposition had cost ... York legislature engaged in a debate on slavery extension that lasted for months . In 1847 the debate expanded to the ...
... York delegations — both the Hunkers and the Barnburners had sent complete delega- tions , thereby forcing the ... York's votes between them . Both delegations rejected the decision but maintained their seats nonetheless . Martin Van ...
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Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell No preview available - 2007 |