New York , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...After the panic of 1837, Seward was governor (1839 52), and his Whig program included internal improvements, educational reform, and opposition to slavery. New York was a leader in numerous 19th-century reform groups. Antislavery groups...