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Born in Georgia but raised in the North by a fiercely abolitionist stepfather and an emotionally unstable mother, Yancey grew up believing that abolitionists were cruel, meddling, and hypocritical. His personal journey led him through a series of mentors who transformed his political views, and he began his public life under the tutelage of South Carolina Unionist Benjamin F. Perry. After acquiring slaves of his own and moving to frontier Alabama in his twenties, however, Yancey experienced an a

Author

Stephen Tomkins

Publisher

University of North Carolina Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807877340

Updated

2026-03-24