Confederate “Heritage” Month 2024, April 15: Jacksonian reform and the Abolitionists
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One of the challenges in understanding the politics of the period between the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Mexican-American War is the reform movement represented by Andrew Jackson and his partisans. Like all major period of reform, it had complicated and contradictory currents. And like all of American history prior to 1865, the issue of slavery and relations with the native peoples are particularly problematic from today’s democratic perspectives.
Confederate “Heritage” Month 2024, April 15: Jacksonian reform and the Abolitionists
Confederate “Heritage” Month 2024, April 15…
Confederate “Heritage” Month 2024, April 15: Jacksonian reform and the Abolitionists
One of the challenges in understanding the politics of the period between the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Mexican-American War is the reform movement represented by Andrew Jackson and his partisans. Like all major period of reform, it had complicated and contradictory currents. And like all of American history prior to 1865, the issue of slavery and relations with the native peoples are particularly problematic from today’s democratic perspectives.