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The Liberty Party, 1840-1848 : antislavery third-party politics in the United States
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The Liberty Party, 1840-1848 : antislavery third-party politics in the United States / Reinhard O. Johnson.
ISBN
9780807133934 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807133930 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2009.
Physical Description
x, 500 p. ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 15, 2009
Series
Antislavery, abolition, and the Atlantic world
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-486) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the Liberty Party, 1840-1848
The formation of the Liberty Party
The Liberty Party takes shape : early development and the election of 1844
A period of uncertainty and confusion, 1845-1846
The move to Free Soil, 1847-1848
New England
The middle states
The old Northwest
The Liberty Party appeal
African Americans and the Liberty Party
The Liberty Party membership
The Garrisonians, the Liberty Party, and the abolition movement in the 1840s
Afterword
Appendix A. Votes in major statewide races, 1840-1848
Appendix B. Banner Liberty counties, 1844
Appendix C. National Liberty Party platform, 1844
Appendix D. Liberty membership.
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