Author:

Keith, LeeAnna  Search this

Subject:

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) History  Search this

Physical description:

340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, maps, portraits 24 cm

Type:

Books

History

Place:

United States

Date:

2020

19th century

1849-1877

Civil War, 1861-1865

Contents:

Prologue : Great Old Party -- Filibustering in Kansas -- The antislavery resistance -- Transcendental politics -- Free soil, free men, Fremont -- Dred Scott nullification -- John Brownism -- House divided -- Harper's Ferry -- Wide awake -- Military emancipation -- Wolf killers -- Arming African Americans -- Turning the Mississippi -- Revolution by confiscation -- Republican nation-building -- Never surrender the flag -- Wearing the brass letter -- Black Republicans -- Postscript : Age of transcendence

Summary:

"A history of antiracist and abolitionist activism in the Civil War-era Republican Party"-- Provided by publisher

Topic:

Political parties--History  Search this

Antislavery movements--History  Search this

Radicalism--History  Search this

African Americans--Politics and government  Search this

African Americans--Civil rights--History  Search this

African Americans--Civil rights  Search this

Antislavery movements  Search this

Political parties  Search this

Politics and government  Search this

Radicalism  Search this

History  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1116201