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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... politicians from the two main parties over the next three years . Chase was not alone in corresponding with mainstream antislavery politicians . He was joined by John Greeleaf Whittier , the Quaker poet and former associate of Garrison ...
... politicians in both sections of the country made quick and sometimes detailed mental calculations aided by correspondence with friends in other states , to determine two things . First , would the party have enough members to hold a ...
... politicians from the Whigs and Soft Democrats organized a number of fusions to defeat the Know Nothings . The fusions were always presented as being ad hoc short - term electoral alliances . In May 1855 , Weed began negotiat- ing the ...
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Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell No preview available - 2007 |