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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... fusion party ” and “ anti - Nebraska party " were used . In Indiana fusion was on the same ideological basis as in Wisconsin . The People's Party received the support of most Whigs and Free Democrats and a few Democrats , but less than ...
... fusion tickets with the Americans . A fusion ticket gave voters the option for voting for either of the two or more participants . Whichever party on the ticket had the most votes in the state would get the state's electoral votes ...
... fusion in the state . The American and Republican parties attempted fusion in 1858 by meeting separately in two nearby halls . Each appointed a conference committee to agree on a common ticket with the other party . But the fusion ...
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Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell No preview available - 2007 |