"What shall we do with the Negro?" : Lincoln, white racism, and Civil War America / Paul D. Escott.

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Main Author: Escott, Paul D., 1947-
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
African Americans.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 19th century.
Race > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Racism > United States > History > 19th century.
White people > United States > Attitudes > History > 19th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
Physical Description:xviii, 304 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The North confronts the question
  • War's proving ground
  • Amnesty, apprenticeship, and the freedmen's future
  • Politics, emancipation, and Black rights
  • Slavery, war, and the slaveholder's mind
  • Heresy, dogma, and the Confederate debate
  • The Hampton Roads conference
  • 1865 and beyond
  • Appendix: a brief, additional note on a vast historiography.