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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... cabinet member who , already in 1860 , appreciated Lincoln's intellect . Most of the others considered themselves smarter than the president- elect and more qualified than him to fill his job . 1 Of the seven cabinet members Seward and ...
... cabinet . On December 16 , 1862 , the Senate passed a resolution written by the Committee calling for a " partial reconstruction " of the cabinet . The intended target was Seward . Removing either Bates or Blair would have been a bonus ...
... cabinet , but he kept the letters for possible future use . In explaining to Senator Ira Harris of New York the new power that he wielded over his cabinet , he used one of his many incidents from his early life - this one related to the ...
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Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell No preview available - 2007 |