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Author Dunley, Ruth, 1972- author.

Title The lost President : A.D. Smith and the hidden history of radical democracy in Civil War America / Ruth Dunley.

Publication Info. Athens, GA : The University of Georgia Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series UnCivil wars
Uncivil wars.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction. In search of a man named Smith -- New York, Vermont, Ohio: The President of Canada -- Wisconsin: when I think of him I incline to spit -- South Carolina: Your name and memory will be cherished -- Conclusion. Act, one and all -- Epilogue. Lost and found.
Summary "A detective story set against the backdrop of the volatile antebellum era, this socio-cultural biography pieces together methodological inquiry with a jigsaw puzzle composed of secret documents, probate records, court testimony, speeches, correspondence, newspaper coverage and genealogical research in order to tell the story of a man named Smith, of his vision for the United States, and, more generally, of the value of remembering secondary historical characters."--Provided by publishers.
"Smith followed a journey to restore republican values and justice: first as the man who wanted to be the President of Canada in the late 1830s, next as the judge who touched off a legal firestorm by declaring the Fugitive Slave Act unconstitutional in the 1850s, and finally as the tax commissioner who demanded that former slaves have an opportunity to preempt land in South Carolina during the Civil War."
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Subject Smith, A. D. (Abram Daniel), 1811-1865.
Hunters' Lodges (Organization) -- Biography.
Hunters' Lodges (Organization)
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject United States. Internal Revenue Service -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
United States. Internal Revenue Service.
Smith, A. D. (Abram Daniel), 1811-1865.
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
United States.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Republicanism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Republicanism.
History.
Presidents -- Canada -- Biography.
Presidents.
Canada.
Canada -- History -- Rebellion, 1837-1838 -- Biography.
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Judges -- Wisconsin -- Biography.
Judges.
Wisconsin.
Beaufort (S.C.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Rebellion (Canada : 1837-1838)
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Added Title A.D. Smith and the hidden history of radical democracy in Civil War America
Other Form: Print version: Dunley, Ruth, 1972- Lost President. Athens, GA : The University of Georgia Press, [2019] 9780820354545 (DLC) 2018034315 (OCoLC)1045720273
ISBN 9780820354552 (electronic book)
0820354554 (electronic book)
9780820354545
0820354546