Party over Section The Rough and Ready Presidential Election Of 1848 |
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| Author:
| Silbey, Joel H. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7006-1640-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2009 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Kansas
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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A leading political historian of antebellum America examines the hard-fought three-way presidential race of 1848. Reveals how Martin Van Buren and his Free Soil party challenged Whigs and Democrats by making slavery a key issue--representing a harbinger of the change that was to come even though they only garnered 10 percent of the vote.
A leading political historian of antebellum America examines the hard-fought three-way presidential race of 1848. Reveals how Martin Van Buren and his Free Soil party challenged Whigs and Democrats by making slavery a key issue--representing a harbinger of the change that was to come even though they only garnered 10 percent of the vote.