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Too Southern to be Americans: Proslavery politics and the failure of the Know-Nothing party in...
- Source :
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Civil War History . Mar1995, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p22-40. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 1995
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Abstract
- Focuses on proslavery politics and the failure of the Know-Nothing Party in Georgia between 1854-1856. Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act; Establishment of the just principle of non-intervention in regard to slavery; Rift between the Whig and Democratic parties; Free state forecasts; Promises to protect slavery and Southern rights.
- Subjects :
- *SLAVERY
GEORGIA state politics & government
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00098078
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Civil War History
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9503273933
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1353/cwh.1995.0023