Antislavery Third-Party Politics in the United States
by
Reinhard O. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
In early 1840, abolitionists founded the Liberty Party as a political outlet for their antislavery beliefs. A mere eight years later, bolstered by the increasing slavery debate and growing sectional conflict, the party had grown to challenge the two mainstream political factions in many areas. In...