Title: Apostles of equality : the Birneys, the Republicans, and the Civil War /
Authors: Rogers, D. Laurence.
Publisher: Michigan State University Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Burney family.; Birney, James Gillespie,; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) History; Abolitionists United States Biography; Presidential candidates United States Biography; Antislavery movements United States History; United States Politics and government; United States History
Contents: Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 THE BIRNEYS -- 1. Rising Immigrant Tides -- 2. Birthing Kentucky and a Birney -- 3. Roots of the Conflict over Slavery -- 4. Trapped in the Golden Circle -- 5. Defending the Cherokee, Launching Abolition -- 6. The Colonization Debacle -- 7. Birneys Epiphany -- 8. Saving the South from Destruction -- 9. The Tar and Feathers Agenda -- pt. 2 THE REPUBLICANS -- 10. Lincoln's Prophet -- 11. Henry Clay's Nemesis -- 12. Uncle Tom Comes Alive -- 13. Michigan's "Wonderful Revolution" -- 14. Flight to Eagleswood -- 15. The Republican Phenomenon -- pt. 3 THE CIVIL WAR -- 16. The Birneys in Battle -- 17. The U.S. Colored Troops Tip the Balance -- 18. Appomattox Sundays.