Free Hearts and Free Homes
Subtitle: Gender and American Antislavery Politics
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: January 17, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780807854556
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American studies; Gender Studies; Political parties; Slavery & emancipation; c 1800 to c 1900; History: American; History - U.S.; United States; North Central & Mid-West states; Northeastern & North Atlantic states; USA; Political Process - Political Parties; United States - Civil War; Liberty Party; Free Soil Party; Republican Party; market revolution; Senator Charles Sumner; antislavery parties; Abraham Lincoln; Harriet Beecher Stowe; Lydia Maria Child; John and Jessie Benton Fremont; Mary Todd Lincoln; Political Science / Political Parties; Antislavery movements; 1849-1861; 19th century; History; Politics and government
First sentence: THE STORY OF antislavery politics begins in early April 1840 in Albany, New York, when 121 abolitionists gathered to debate whether to nominate independent candidates for the presidency and vice presidency.