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The Radical Political Abolition Party (also known as Radical Abolition Party) formed in 1855 evolving from the earlier Liberty Party. Prominent members included both white and black abolitionists including Frederick Douglass, James McCune Smith, Gerrit Smith, and John Brown. The party's primary goal was the immediate end of the institution of slavery and the party affirmed the use of violence.<ref name=":1"><ref>{{cite book |last1=Stauffer |first1=John |title=The Black Hearts of Men |date=2002 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=9780674013674 |pages=8-9}}</ref> |
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History
The Radical Political Abolition Party (also known as Radical Abolition Party) formed in 1855 evolving from the earlier Liberty Party. Prominent members included both white and black abolitionists including Frederick Douglass, James McCune Smith, Gerrit Smith, and John Brown. The party's primary goal was the immediate end of the institution of slavery and the party affirmed the use of violence.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
Formation
Primary Goals
Convention of 1855
National Nominating Convention of 1856
Structure
Notable Members
See also
Citations
Further reading
- Swerdlow, Amy, Women Strike for Peace: Traditional Motherhood and Radical Politics in the 1960s. University of Chicago Press (1993). ISBN 0-226-78635-8.
- Alonso, Harriet Hyman, Peace as a Women's Issue: A History of the U.S. Movement for World Peace and Women's Rights. Syracuse University Press (1993). ISBN 9780756754587.
- May, Elaine Tyler, Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era. BasicBooks (1988). ISBN 0-465-03055-6
External links
- Women Strike for Peace Records, 1961-1996 Collection: DG 115 at the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, official finding aid.
- Image of Women Strike for Peace members dressed in black while carrying roses and signs during a march in Los Angeles, California, 1965. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
