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Been rereading an old county history and found a couple things interesting in the comparison, using Marion County MO as reference
1860- 3293 votes cast only 235 republican
1862- 1475 votes cast almost evenly split between pro-slavery and emancipationist candidates
1st thing is obviously 1818 less votes cast....over 1/2 the voting population is gone or disenfranchised
2nd thing is rise of emancipation position, however there were no abolitionist candidates, apparently they aren't the same. Emancipationists believed it could be done gradually and with either full or partial compensation.
Curious if anyone knows if the emancipationist position had much traction in Northern states or if was just more unique to the border states?
1860- 3293 votes cast only 235 republican
1862- 1475 votes cast almost evenly split between pro-slavery and emancipationist candidates
1st thing is obviously 1818 less votes cast....over 1/2 the voting population is gone or disenfranchised
2nd thing is rise of emancipation position, however there were no abolitionist candidates, apparently they aren't the same. Emancipationists believed it could be done gradually and with either full or partial compensation.
Curious if anyone knows if the emancipationist position had much traction in Northern states or if was just more unique to the border states?
Bringing the