Slavery and Scandal: The Ohio Gubernatorial Debates of 1859

by David M. Gold

In 1859, with the nation careening toward Civil War and Ohio still reeling from a scandal in the state treasury, the candidates for governor of the Buckeye State squared off in a series of seven debates that matched the Lincoln-Douglas debates of the previous year in intensity and depth. Ohio was the third most populous state in the Union, and it shared a 450-mile border with slave territory. The outcome of the election could sway the fate of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1974582248
• ISBN13: 9781974582242
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"