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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 1292
Book Description
The Journal and Messenger
Author: Minutes of the ... Annual Meeting of the Grand River Baptist Association
Author: Grand River Baptist Association (Mich.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baptist associations
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
The Captive's Quest for Freedom
Author: R. J. M. BlackettPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108418716
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
Examines the impact fugitive slaves had on the Fugitive Slave Law and the coming of the American Civil War.
The Beacon
Author: Men of Progress, Indiana
Author: William CumbackPublisher:
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Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
History of Geauga and Lake Counties, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Pioneers and Most Prominent Men
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Geauga County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
The Geauga county history and most of the biographical sketches were prepared by A. G. Riddle.
Indiana Baptist History, 1798-1908
Author: William Taylor StottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
History of Whiteside County, Illinois
Author: Charles BentPublisher:
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Category : Whiteside County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
American Slavery as it is
Author: The Anti-Masonic Party in the United States
Author: William Preston VaughnPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 081315040X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Here, for the first time in more than eighty years, is a detailed study of political Antimasonry on the national, state, and local levels, based on a survey of existing sources. The Antimasonic party, whose avowed goal was the destruction of the Masonic Lodge and other secret societies, was the first influential third party in the United States and introduced the device of the national presidential nominating convention in 1831. Vaughn focuses on the celebrated "Morgan Affair" of 1826, the alleged murder of a former Mason who exposed the fraternity's secrets. Thurlow Weed quickly transformed the crusading spirit aroused by this incident into an anti-Jackson party in New York. From New York, the party soon spread through the Northeast. To achieve success, the Antimasons in most states had to form alliances with the major parties, thus becoming the "flexible minority." After William Wirt's defeat by Andrew Jackson in the election of 1832, the party waned. Where it had been strong, Antimasonry became a reform-minded, anti-Clay faction of the new Whig party and helped to secure the presidential nominations of William Henry Harrison in 1836 and 1840. Vaughn concludes that although in many ways the Antimasonic Crusade was finally beneficial to the Masons, it was not until the 1850s that the fraternity regained its strength and influence.