Jacksonian antislavery and the politics of free soil, 1824-1854 - Earle, Jonathan Halperin; ebrary, Inc. (Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2004)
Jacksonian antislavery and the roots of free soil -- Dissident Democrats in the 1830s : William Leggett, George Henry Evans, and Thomas Morris -- Set down your feet, Democrats : politics and free soil in New York -- Making hay from Democratic clover : John P. Hale and the New Hampshire independent democracy -- Marcus Morton and the dilemma of Jacksonian antislavery in Massachusetts -- David Wilmot, the proviso, and the congressional movement to abolish slavery -- The Cincinnati clique, true democracy, and the Ohio origins of the Free Soil Party -- Free soil, free labor, free speech, and free men : the election of 1848 -- Free soilers, Republicans, and the third party system, 1848-1854.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-268) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Free Soil Party (U.S.); Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Political activists -- United States -- Biography; Politicians -- United States -- Biography; Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861.; United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects; Electronic books