Jacksonian antislavery & the politics of free soil, 1824-1854 / by Jonathan H. Earle.

Author/creator Earle, Jonathan Halperin
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Descriptionxii, 282 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
Free Soil Party (U.S.)
Antislavery movements--United States. --History. --19th century.
Slavery--Political aspects. --United States. --History. --19th century.
Politicians--United States. --Biography.
Political activists--United States. --Biography.
United States--Politics and government. --1815-1861.
United States--Race relations. --Political aspects.

Contents Jacksonian antislavery and the roots of free soil -- Dissident Democrats in the 1830s : William Leggett, George Henry Evans, and Thomas Morris -- Set down your feet, Democrats : politics and free soil in New York -- Making hay from Democratic clover : John P. Hale and the New Hampshire independent democracy -- Marcus Morton and the dilemma of Jacksonian antislavery in Massachusetts -- David Wilmot, the proviso, and the congressional movement to abolish slavery -- The Cincinnati clique, true democracy, and the Ohio origins of the Free Soil Party -- Free soil, free labor, free speech, and free men : the election of 1848 -- Free soilers, Republicans, and the third party system, 1848-1854.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-268) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2004007423
ISBN0807828882 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807855553 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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