This book focuses on Lincoln's controversial attitudes and actions regarding slavery and race. Drawing attention to the limitations of Lincoln's judgment and policies without denying his magnitude, it provides the most comprehensive, even-handed account available of Lincoln's contradictory treatment of black Americans.
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US School Grade: College Graduate Student
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978-0-674-03373-3 (9780674033733)
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Contents Preface 1. A Clash of Images: Great Egalitarian or Hard-Core Racist? 2. Free Soil, Free Labor, and Free White Men: The Illinois Years 3. Becoming an Emancipator: The War Years Notes Index
