Beyond Garrison: antislavery and social reform

"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.