Ballots for Freedom - Antislavery Politics in the United States, 1837-1860

At first a voice in the wilderness, then the rallying cry of a new morality, abolitionism became the springboard to power of a major national party. Ballots for Freedom recapitulates the political war against slavery, from the first debates over the creation of an abolitionist third party to the election of Abraham Lincoln on an essentially antislavery Republican platform.

Summary

"If one wishes to read only a single book on antislavery politics before the Civil War, this is the book to read." J.M. McPherson, Political Science Quarterly

Product details

• Authors: Richard H. Sewell, Sewell Richard H.
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.01.2010
• EAN: 9780393009668
• ISBN: 978-0-393-00966-8
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 203 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Series: Antislavery Politics in the Un; Antislavery Politics in the Un
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Demonstrations & protest movements