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May 17, 2024

digitalpubliclibraryofamerica: Did the abolitionist Liberty…

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digitalpubliclibraryofamerica:

Did the abolitionist Liberty Party help or hurt the anti-slavery cause in the election of 1844? 

Explore the pros and cons of single-issue third parties in our new exhibition, Battle on the Ballot: Political Outsiders in US Presidential Elections. 

This 1848 map of free states, slave states, and territories comes from the collection of Boston Public Library via Digital Commonwealth.

from Planet GS via John Jason Fallows on Inoreader http://ift.tt/2fpUFy4

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