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Apostles of equality : the Birneys, the Republicans, and the Civil War
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- Creator
- D. Laurence Rogers
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1609172337, 1628950528, 1628960523, 9781611860153, 9781609172336, 9781628960525, 1611860156, 9781628950526
- OCLC
- ocn778436392, ocn702941909
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-296) and index.
- Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 THE BIRNEYS -- 1.Rising Immigrant Tides -- 2.Birthing Kentucky and a Birney -- 3.Roots of the Conflict over Slavery -- 4.Trapped in the Golden Circle -- 5.Defending the Cherokee, Launching Abolition -- 6.The Colonization Debacle -- 7.Birneys Epiphany -- 8.Saving the South from Destruction -- 9.The Tar and Feathers Agenda -- pt. 2 THE REPUBLICANS -- 10.Lincoln's Prophet -- 11.Henry Clay's Nemesis -- 12.Uncle Tom Comes Alive -- 13.Michigan's "Wonderful Revolution" -- 14.Flight to Eagleswood -- 15.The Republican Phenomenon -- pt. 3 THE CIVIL WAR -- 16.The Birneys in Battle -- 17.The U.S. Colored Troops Tip the Balance -- 18.Appomattox Sundays
Subjects
- Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857.
- Burney family.
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- History -- 19th century.
- Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography.
- Presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography.
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.