Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-326) and index.
Contents
"An experiment of immense consequences" : from moral suasion to politics -- "Evil ... from a very small party" : the rise of the Liberty party -- "Our colored friends" : Libertyism and the politics of race -- "To favor the poorest and the weakest" : Liberyism and labor reform -- "Fifty thousand might have assembled" : sources of Free Soilism -- "Our own time" : Free Soilers and labor reformers -- "As easy as lying" : complications of political reform -- "Prejudices against us" : the limits of paternalism.