American Abolitionism : Its Direct Political Impact from Colonial Times to Reconstruction /

Harrold, Stanley,

American Abolitionism : Its Direct Political Impact from Colonial Times to Reconstruction / Stanley Harrold. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource. - A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Direct Abolitionist Engagement in Politics, 1688-1807 -- Continuity and Transition, 1807-1830 -- Escalation, 1831-1840 -- The Rise and Fall of the Abolition Lobby, 1836-1845 -- Discord, Relationships, and Free Soil, 1840-1848 -- Physical Action, Fugitive Slave Laws, and the Free Democratic Party, 1845-1852 -- Abolitionists and Republicans, 1852-1860 -- Political Success and Failure: An Ambiguous Denouement, 1860-1870.



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Antislavery movements--History.--United States
Abolitionists--History.--United States
Slavery--Political aspects--History.--United States


Electronic Books.

E441 / .A447 2019