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Author Dunley, Ruth, 1972- author.

Title The lost President : A.D. Smith and the hidden history of radical democracy in Civil War America / Ruth Dunley
Published Athens, GA : The University of Georgia Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource
Series UnCivil wars
Contents Introduction. In search of a man named Smith -- New York, Vermont, Ohio: The President of Canada -- Wisconsin: when I think of him I incline to spit -- South Carolina: Your name and memory will be cherished -- Conclusion. Act, one and all -- Epilogue. Lost and found
Summary "A detective story set against the backdrop of the volatile antebellum era, this socio-cultural biography pieces together methodological inquiry with a jigsaw puzzle composed of secret documents, probate records, court testimony, speeches, correspondence, newspaper coverage and genealogical research in order to tell the story of a man named Smith, of his vision for the United States, and, more generally, of the value of remembering secondary historical characters."--Provided by publishers
"Smith followed a journey to restore republican values and justice: first as the man who wanted to be the President of Canada in the late 1830s, next as the judge who touched off a legal firestorm by declaring the Fugitive Slave Act unconstitutional in the 1850s, and finally as the tax commissioner who demanded that former slaves have an opportunity to preempt land in South Carolina during the Civil War."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Smith, A. D. (Abram Daniel), 1811-1865.
SUBJECT Smith, A. D. (Abram Daniel), 1811-1865
Subject Hunters' Lodges (Organization) -- Biography
United States. Internal Revenue Service -- Officials and employees -- Biography
SUBJECT Hunters' Lodges (Organization) fast
United States. Internal Revenue Service fast
Subject Republicanism -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Presidents -- Canada -- Biography
Judges -- Wisconsin -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Lawyers & Judges.
Employees
Judges
Politics and government
Presidents
Republicanism
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140422
Canada -- History -- Rebellion, 1837-1838 -- Biography
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Beaufort (S.C.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Subject Canada
Ohio -- Cleveland
South Carolina -- Beaufort
United States
Wisconsin
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780820354552
0820354554
Other Titles A.D. Smith and the hidden history of radical democracy in Civil War America