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In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln declared that as president he would "have no lawful right" to interfere with the institution of slavery. Yet less than two years later, he issued a proclamation intended to free all slaves throughout the Confederate states. When critics chall...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carnahan, Burrus M., 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2007]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
Lincoln, Abraham.
United States. > President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). > Emancipation Proclamation.
Emancipation Proclamation (United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln))
1800-1899
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 19th century.
Military law > United States > History > 19th century.
Executive power > United States > History > 19th century.
Constitutional history > United States.
Pouvoir exécutif > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
American history: c 1800 to c 1900.
Civil war.
HISTORY.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Constitutional history
Executive power
Military law
Political and social views
Enslaved persons > Emancipation
Kriegsrecht > Völkerrecht
Kriegsrecht > Staatsrecht
Staatsgewalt
Sezessionskrieg > 1861-1865
Sklaverei
Abschaffung
United States of America.
Heads of State and Heads of government.
Executive power.
Slavery.
Liberty.
Constitutional law.
Military law.
Legal history.
United States
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Planting the Seed: Charles Sumner and John Quincy Adams
  • The Supreme Court on Private Property and War
  • Criminal Conspiracy or War?
  • The Union Applies the Law of War
  • The Law as a Weapon
  • Congress Acts and the Confederacy Responds
  • Military Necessity and Lincoln's Concept of the War
  • The Proclamation as a Weapon of War
  • The Conkling Letter
  • A Radical Recognition of Freedom
  • Appendixes: First Confiscation Act, August 6, 1861 ; Browning-Lincoln correspondence, September 1861 ; Second Confiscation Act, July 17, 1862 ; Emancipation Proclamation, first draft, July 22, 1862 ; Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1862 ; Final Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863.

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