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When it was grand, the radical Republican history of the Civil War, LeeAnna Keith

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When it was grand, the radical Republican history of the Civil War, LeeAnna Keith
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-323) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrationsplates
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
When it was grand
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1135462463
Responsibility statement
LeeAnna Keith
Sub title
the radical Republican history of the Civil War
Summary
"A history of antiracist and abolitionist activism in the Civil War-era Republican Party"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of 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
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