This
paper describes the historical and biographical context in which Stanton was able to emerge as a public figure. The paper focuses on Stanton's boyhood and
early years in the Ohio Valley, as well as his early associations with the
abolitionist movement in the
antebellum period. The author points out that Stanton had bouts of
depression and obsessive-compulsive
behavior, which is a significant because of his tendentious, bombastic and
moralistic behavior that marked his later professional life.
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