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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... Amendment proposed by President Buchanan broke the taboo on discussion of the Constitution as a manmade document that could be altered at will , provided that the procedures for amendment specified in it were followed . A number of ...
... amendment that would limit its objective to eliminating slavery without necessarily granting any other rights to blacks . On February 8 , Charles Sumner introduced a proposal for a Thirteenth Amend- ment that would recognize equality ...
... amendment . But by the time Congress adjourned in July 1864 they had only 400,000 signatures collected . But Senators Sumner and Henry Wilson assured the League that these signatures had been very important in winning passage of the ...
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Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell No preview available - 2007 |