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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... platform of the new party . The platform was ready by the morning of the second day . Ironically , considering Chase's opposition to the Liberty League and its multi - issue reform platform , the platform not only opposed slavery ...
... platform committee included Willey , Giddings , Adams , and Gerrit Smith , who felt no embarrassment at writing the platform of one party while functioning as the leader of another.37 The platform was a repeat of the Buffalo platform ...
... platform was presented to the delegates on the fourth day of the convention after having been finalized by the platform committee . It contained fourteen resolutions with the twelfth resolution - on slavery - being the contro- versial ...
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Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell No preview available - 2007 |