Lincoln and the politics of slavery : the other Thirteenth Amendment and the struggle to save the union / Daniel W. Crofts.

Lincoln and the politics of slavery : the other Thirteenth Amendment and the struggle to save the union /

In this landmark book, Daniel Crofts examines a little-known episode in the most celebrated aspect of Abraham Lincoln's life: his role as the "Great Emancipator." Lincoln always hated slavery, but he also believed it to be legal where it already existed, and he never imagined fighting...

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Main Author: Crofts, Daniel W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Series:Civil War America (Series)
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views.
United States. > Constitution. > 13th Amendment > History.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History.
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