American Abolitionism : Its Direct Political Impact from Colonial Times to Reconstruction /

American Abolitionism : Its Direct Political Impact from Colonial Times to Reconstruction / Stanley Harrold.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Harrold, Stanley (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
Series:Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era.
Subjects:
Antislavery movements > United States > History.
Abolitionists > United States > History.
Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History.
Abolitionists.
Antislavery movements.
Politics and government.
Slavery > Political aspects.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Direct Abolitionist Engagement in Politics, 1688-1807
  • Continuity and Transition, 1807-1830
  • Escalation, 1831-1840
  • The Rise and Fall of the Abolition Lobby, 1836-1845
  • Discord, Relationships, and Free Soil, 1840-1848
  • Physical Action, Fugitive Slave Laws, and the Free Democratic Party, 1845-1852
  • Abolitionists and Republicans, 1852-1860
  • Political Success and Failure: An Ambiguous Denouement, 1860-1870.

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