Big Enough to Be Inconsistent
Abraham Lincoln Confronts Slavery and Race
Published on 1. July 2009
168 pages
978-0-674-03373-3 (ISBN)
Description
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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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-03373-3 (9780674033733)
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02/2008
Harvard University Press
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Content
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
