The fiery trial : Abraham Lincoln and American slavery / Eric Foner.
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 ste...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton,
[2010], ©2010.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- "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.