Parties and Slavery, 1850-1859 is a book written by Theodore Clarke Smith. It is a historical account of the political landscape in the United States during the years leading up to the Civil War. The book focuses on the issue of slavery and how it affected the political parties of the time. Smith examines the major political parties of the era, including the Democrats, Whigs, and Republicans, and how they dealt with the issue of slavery. He also looks...