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Foner, Eric.

Free soil, free labor, free men : the ideology of the
Republican Party before the Civil War / Eric Foner.
p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-19-509981-8 ISBN 0-19-509497-2 (pbk)

1. United States--Politics and government--1849-1861. 2. United
States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes. 3. Republican Party
(U.S. : 1854- ) I. Title.

E436.F6 1995 973.6--dc20 94-19304

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