The fiery trial: Abraham Lincoln and American slavery
Book 2529/Completed: 11/9/2011
Author: | Foner, Eric. slavery / Eric Foner. | Edition: | 1st ed. | Published: | New York : W. W. Norton & Co., c2010. | Description: | xxi, 426 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. | LC Call No.: | E457.2.F66 2010 | Dewey No.: | 973.7092 22 | ISBN: | 9780393066180 | Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-406) and index. "I am naturally anti-slavery": young Abraham Lincoln and slavery -- "Always a Whig": Lincoln, the law, and the second party system -- "The monstrous injustice": becoming a republican -- "A house divided": slavery and race in the late 1850s -- "The only substantial difference": secession and Civil War -- "I must have Kentucky": the border strategy -- "Forever free": the coming of emancipation -- "A new birth of freedom": securing emancipation -- "A fitting, and necessary conclusion": abolition, reelection, and the challenge of reconstruction -- "Every drop of blood": the meaning of the war. In a landmark work of deep scholarship and insight, Foner gives us a life of Lincoln as it intertwined with slavery, the defining issue of the time and the tragic hallmark of American history. The author demonstrates how Lincoln navigated a dynamic political landscape deftly, moving in measured steps, often on a path forged by abolitionists and radicals in his party, and that Lincoln's greatness lay in his capacity for moral and political growth. | Subjects: | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery. | | Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States. |
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