{"product_id":"antislavery-politics-in-antebellum-and-civil-war-america-hardcover","title":"Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas G. Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a narrative history of the thirty-year struggle to outlaw slavery, starting with the founding of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1834 and extending until the abolition of slavery in the United States at the end of the Civil War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe core of the book consists of two sections: 1) the 20-year political struggle to restrict slavery through a succession of anti-extensionist parties starting in 1840 with the founding of the Liberty Party, extending through the Free Soil Party (1848-54) and ending with Abraham Lincoln being elected president as a Republican on the same basic platform as the Liberty Party in 1844. 2) The struggle by abolitionists to use the outbreak of the Civil War as a chance to rid the country of slavery using the executive wartime powers of the presidency.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas G. Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eIndian Fighters Turned American Politicians: From Military Service to Public Office\u003c\/i\u003e (Greenwood, 2003), \u003ci\u003eLiberal Parties in Settler Conflicts\u003c\/i\u003e (Greenwood, 2002), \u003ci\u003eNative vs. Settler: Ethnic Conflict in Israel\/Palestine, Northern Ireland, and South Africa\u003c\/i\u003e (Greenwood, 2000).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.39 x 6.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53025292517683,"sku":"9780275991685","price":129.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ZpOKlgfUIh9780275991685.webp?v=1770231922","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/antislavery-politics-in-antebellum-and-civil-war-america-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}