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George Nicholas Sanders

1812–73

American political activist. Leader of the Young America movement in the 1850s, advocating American support for republicanism in Europe; editor of Democratic Review from 1851. Appointed to a consulship in London, 1853. Confederate agent in Britain and Canada during the American Civil War.

Source

DAB.

Bibliography

DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.

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