The fiery trial : Abraham Lincoln and American slavery / Eric Foner.
2010
KF5052.5.L55 .F66 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
The fiery trial : Abraham Lincoln and American slavery / Eric Foner.
Edition
1st ed.
Imprint
New York : W. W. Norton & Co., [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Description
xxi, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Formatted Contents Note
"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.
"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.
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-406) and index.
Location
rr
Call Number
KF5052.5.L55 .F66 2010
Language
English
ISBN
9780393066180
0393066185
0393066185
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