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04048aam a2200685 i 4500 001 3F2B69F8875711E9A56C064497128E48 003 SILO 005 20190605010028 008 180718s2019 gaua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2018034315 020 $a 0820354546 020 $a 9780820354545 035 $a (OCoLC)1045720273 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-sc $a n-cn--- $a n-us-oh $a n-us-wi $a n-us-sc 050 00 $a E340.S53 $b D86 2019 082 00 $a 320.973/09034 $2 23 100 1 $a Dunley, Ruth, $d 1972- $e author. 245 14 $a The lost President : $b A.D. Smith and the hidden history of radical democracy in Civil War America / $c Ruth Dunley. 246 30 $a A.D. Smith and the hidden history of radical democracy in Civil War America 264 1 $a Athens, GA : $b The University of Georgia Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xi, 189 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a UnCivil wars 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction. In search of a man named Smith -- New York, Vermont, Ohio: The President of Canada -- Wisconsin: when I think of him I incline to spit -- South Carolina: Your name and memory will be cherished -- Conclusion. Act, one and all -- Epilogue. Lost and found. 520 $a "A detective story set against the backdrop of the volatile antebellum era, this socio-cultural biography pieces together methodological inquiry with a jigsaw puzzle composed of secret documents, probate records, court testimony, speeches, correspondence, newspaper coverage and genealogical research in order to tell the story of a man named Smith, of his vision for the United States, and, more generally, of the value of remembering secondary historical characters."--Provided by publishers. 520 $a "Smith followed a journey to restore republican values and justice: first as the man who wanted to be the President of Canada in the late 1830s, next as the judge who touched off a legal firestorm by declaring the Fugitive Slave Act unconstitutional in the 1850s, and finally as the tax commissioner who demanded that former slaves have an opportunity to preempt land in South Carolina during the Civil War." 600 10 $a Smith, A. D. $q (Abram Daniel), $d 1811-1865. 610 20 $a Hunters' Lodges (Organization) $v Biography. 610 10 $a United States. $b Internal Revenue Service $x Officials and employees $v Biography. 610 27 $a Hunters' Lodges (Organization) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00683703 610 17 $a United States. $b Internal Revenue Service. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00533618 611 27 $a Rebellion (Canada : 1837-1838) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01354192 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Republicanism $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Presidents $z Canada $v Biography. 651 0 $a Canada $x History $y Rebellion, 1837-1838 $v Biography. 651 0 $a Cleveland (Ohio) $x Politics and government $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Judges $z Wisconsin $v Biography. 651 0 $a Beaufort (S.C.) $x Politics and government $y 19th century. 650 7 $a Employees. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00909111 650 7 $a Judges. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00984490 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Presidents. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01075723 650 7 $a Republicanism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01095066 651 7 $a Canada. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204310 651 7 $a Ohio $z Cleveland. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205966 651 7 $a South Carolina $z Beaufort. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01216715 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 651 7 $a Wisconsin. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204595 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Uncivil wars. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018025117.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200204024126.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3F2B69F8875711E9A56C064497128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search