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1 online resource |
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American beginnings, 1500-1900 |
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American beginnings, 1500-1900.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Chapter One. Political Abolition and the Slave Power Argument, 1835-1840 -- Interlude One. "Bowing Down to the Slave Power": Northern Whigs, Slavery, and the Speakership, 1839 -- Chapter Two. Agitating the Congress: Abolitionist Lobbying and Antislavery Alliances, 1836-1844 -- Interlude Two. "A Temporary 'Third Party'": Antislavery Whig Dissidents in the 1841 Speakership Contest -- Chapter Three. Building Third-Party Electoral Power, 1841-1846 -- Chapter Four. Antislavery Upheaval in the Capitol: The Wilmot Proviso Debates and the Widening Sectional Divide, 1846-1848 -- Interlude Three. "Let the Lines Be Drawn": Conscience Whig Insurgency and the 1847 Speakership Election -- Chapter Five. Liberty Men and the Creation of an Anti-Slave Power Coalition, 1846-1849 -- Interlude Four. "Glorious Confusion in the Ranks": The Free Soil Balance of Power, 1849 -- Chapter Six. Free Soil Politics and the Twilight of the Second Party System, 1849-1853 -- Chapter Seven. The Nebraska Outrage and the Advent of the Republican Party, 1853-1855 -- Interlude Five. "A New Era in Our History": The Longest Speakership Contest in American History and the First Republican National Victory, 1855-1856 -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index |
| Summary |
Abraham Lincoln's Republican Party was the first party built on opposition to slavery to win on the national stage - but its victory was rooted in the earlier efforts of under-appreciated antislavery third parties. Liberty Power tells the story of how abolitionist activists built the most transformative third-party movement in American history and effectively reshaped political structures in the decades leading up to the Civil War |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Liberty Party (U.S. : 1840-1848)
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Free Soil Party (U.S.)
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
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Free Soil Party (U.S.) fast |
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Liberty Party (U.S. : 1840-1848) fast |
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) fast |
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Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Third parties (United States politics) -- History -- 19th century
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Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Antislavery movements
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Politics and government
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Slavery -- Political aspects
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Third parties (United States politics)
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War -- Causes
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140219
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1845-1861. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140435
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226307312 |
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022630731X |
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