The Know-Nothing Party in the south

Preface

Southern nativism, 1800-1854

Conditions favorable to Nativism in the South, 1850-1860

Origin and ritual of the National Party

The Whigs make way for the Americans

Formation, initial sucess and growth in 1854

State organization and southern strategy, 1855-1857

The Campaign of 1856

Southern Americans in Congress, 1854-1858

American Party press and typical propaganda

Southern Americans and slavery

The party and organized religious faiths

Bloodshed and violence

Rapid decline, 1857

Dying efforts of the American party in the south.