The Liberty Party, 1840-1848
Subtitle: antislavery third-party politics in the United States
By: Reinhard O. Johnson.
Series: Antislavery, abolition, and the Atlantic world
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press; LSU Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9780807133934
Subjects: Liberty Party (U.S. : 1840-1848); Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the Liberty Party, 1840-1848; title: The formation of the Liberty Party; title: The Liberty Party takes shape : early development and the election of 1844; title: A period of uncertainty and confusion, 1845-1846; title: The move to Free Soil, 1847-1848; title: New England; title: The middle states; title: The old Northwest; title: The Liberty Party appeal; title: African Americans and the Liberty Party; title: The Liberty Party membership; title: The Garrisonians, the Liberty Party, and the abolition movement in the 1840s; title: Afterword; title: Appendix A. Votes in major statewide races, 1840-1848; title: Appendix B. Banner Liberty counties, 1844; title: Appendix C. National Liberty Party platform, 1844; title: Appendix D. Liberty membership.