The fiery trial Abraham Lincoln and American slavery
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 step...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The fiery trial : |b Abraham Lincoln and American slavery / |c Eric Foner. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b W.W. Norton, |c c2010. | ||
| 300 | |a xxi, 426 p., [16] p. of plates : |b ill., maps ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-406) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a "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. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Lincoln, Abraham, |d 1809-1865 |x Views on slavery. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Slaves |x Emancipation |z United States. | |
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