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"In this succinct study, Edna Greene Medford examines the ideas and events that shaped President Lincoln's responses to slavery, following the arc of his ideological development from the beginning of the Civil War, when he aimed to pursue a course of noninterference, to his championing of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Medford, Edna Greene
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2015.
Series:Concise Lincoln library.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Relations with African Americans.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
1800-1899
Equality > United States > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Presidents & Heads of State.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
African Americans > Civil rights
Equality
Political and social views
Politics and government
Race relations
Relations with African Americans
Slavery > Political aspects
Enslaved persons > Emancipation
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1861-1865.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Man and His Times
  • The 1860 Election and the Loss of Union
  • War, Union, and Slavery
  • Emancipation by Presidential Decree
  • To Know Freedom
  • Ending Slavery Forever
  • Epilogue.

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