Jacksonian Antislavery and the Politics of Free Soil, 1824-1854 |
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| Author:
| Earle, Jonathan H. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-2888-5 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2004 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $70.00 |
Book Description:
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Tracing the rise of antislavery free-soil politics among Jacksonian Democrats in the 1830s and 1840s, Jonathan Earle argues that previous scholars have distorted the history of both the Jacksonians and the antislavery movement by neglecting the growing number of northern Democrats who decided to oppose slavery and its expansion.
Tracing the rise of antislavery free-soil politics among Jacksonian Democrats in the 1830s and 1840s, Jonathan Earle argues that previous scholars have distorted the history of both the Jacksonians and the antislavery movement by neglecting the growing number of northern Democrats who decided to oppose slavery and its expansion.