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BARNBURNERS - John Joseph Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political History of the United States, vol. 1 Abdication-Duty [1881]

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Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political History of the United States by the best American and European Authors, ed. John J. Lalor (New York: Maynard, Merrill, & Co., 1899). Vol 1 Abdication-Duty.

Part of: Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political History of the United States, 3 vols.

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BARNBURNERS

BARNBURNERS. (IN U. S. HISTORY). (See FREE SOIL PARTY.) The name was given and accepted as indicative of their supposed readiness to resort to radical measures, and its origin is usually assigned to a story, often told by Hunker orators, of a stupid farmer who was persuaded to burn his barn in order to free it from rats. (See NEW YORK.)

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