Category: History - American

The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict

Hillis, Newell Dwight, 1858-1929· 4 chapters· 1,790 words

reasons for European trip of, 214-216; no official embassy, 217; interview of, with Lincoln, 218; breakfast to, in London, 219; speech at Manchester, 227-230; at Glasgow and Edinburgh, 231, 232; in Liverpool, 232, 234; in London, 235; triumph at home, 235, 239; raises Sumter f...

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1. Chapter IX, The Appeal to England, 212-241;

reasons for European trip of, 214-216; no official embassy, 217; interview of, with Lincoln, 218; breakfast to, in London, 219; speech at Manchester, 227-230; at Glasgow and Edi...

2. Chapter V, 117-135;

early career, 122-126; founds N. Y. Tribune, 126; extremist as reformer, 129; "On to Richmond," 129; evokes Lincoln letter, 130; peace commissioner, 131; draft riots, 131; bails...

3. Chapter III, 68-94;

early career, 75; aroused by mobbing of Garrison, 76; Lovejoy's murder, 78; Faneuil Hall meeting, 81-83; Burns' rescue party, 85, 86; agitation against Fugitive Slave Law, 87, 8...

4. Chapter IV, 95-116;