This work remains an insightful demonstration of the successful role played by abolitionists during and after the Civil War, when they evolved from despised fanatics into influential spokespersons for the radical wing of the Republican party.
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Winner of the Warren F. Kuehl Prize, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations "Must surely be assigned an important place in the literature of the history of ideas and of race relations in the United States."--The Times Literary Supplement "The Abolitionist Legacy shows many of the same graces as its predecessor: wide-ranging and careful research, a strong sense of story line, an eye for good quotations, unyielding sympathy for those who devoted their lives to uplifting the freedmen."--Reviews in American History "In addition to discussing the complex blend of egalitarianism and paternalism in the thought of white proponents of black advancement, McPherson offers suggestions of the intricate mixture of racial consciousness, individual ambition, and racial romanticism that continues to fuel modern black separatism."--Political Science Quarterly
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978-0-691-00555-3 (9780691005553)
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James M. McPherson is Professor of History at Princeton University. His many books include the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, as well as What They Fought For, 1861-1865; Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution; Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction; and The Negro's Civil War: How American Negroes Felt and Acted during the War for the Union.
Preface to the 1995 Edition Ch. IThe Election of 1860 Ch. IISecession and the Coming of War Ch. IIIThe Emancipation Issue: 1861 Ch. IVEmancipation and Public Opinion: 1861-1862 Ch. VThe Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment Ch. VIThe Negro: Innately Inferior or Equal? Ch. VIIFreedmen's Education: 1861-1865 Ch. VIIIThe Creation of the Freedmen's Bureau Ch. IXMen of Color, to Arms! Ch. XThe Quest for Equal Rights in the North Ch. XIThe Ballot and Land for the Freedmen: 1861-1865 Ch. XIIThe Reelection of Lincoln Ch. XIIISchism in the Ranks: 1864-1865 Ch. XIVAndrew Johnson and Reconstruction: 1865 Ch. XVThe Fourteenth Amendment and the Election of 1866 Ch. XVIMilitary Reconstruction and Impeachment Ch. XVIIEducation and Confiscation: 1865-1870 Ch. XVIIIThe Climax of the Crusade: the Fifteenth Amendment Bibliographical Essay Index
