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Radical of Radicals: Austin Blair: Civil War Governor-In His Own Words

Radical of Radicals: Austin Blair: Civil War Governor-In His Own Words

Dempsey, Jack

Hardcover

Series: Michigan in the Civil War, Book 4

Political BiographiesCivil War Period (1850-1877)Regional: Midwest

Publisher Price: $29.95

ISBN10: 196527854X
ISBN13: 9781965278543
Publisher: Mission Point Press
Published: Sep 16 2025
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.45
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A rich documentary story of premier Union leader, War Governor Austin Blair, told largely in his own words and contextualized with key annotations.

Statesman Austin Blair championed human rights in America, cherished the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and made major contributions to Union victory in the Civil War. Believing strongly that secession is treason, he supported emancipation and the use of the North's military power to defeat the slave owners' rebellion. Labeled a radical by political opponents, Blair's vision of a nation of equal opportunity and civil rights for all people marked him as a leader ahead of his time. A rich, well-researched documentary history of a prominent Union leader, this first of two volumes reveals a War Governor largely in his own words through the end of the Civil War. Key annotations help contextualize the speeches and public remarks of a charismatic statesman whose devotion to duty left him financially destitute upon leaving office.

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