Liberty power : antislavery third parties and the transformation of American politics /

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 trans...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brooks, Corey M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Series:American beginnings, 1500-1900.
Subjects:
Liberty Party (U.S. : 1840-1848)
Free Soil Party (U.S.)
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
1800-1899
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Third parties (United States politics) > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Antislavery movements
Politics and government
Slavery > Political aspects
Third parties (United States politics)
War > Causes
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
United States > Politics and government > 1845-1861.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1845-1861.
United States
History
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