Collaborators for emancipation : Abraham Lincoln and Owen Lovejoy /

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Few expected politician Abraham Lincoln and Congregational minister Owen Lovejoy to be friends when they met in 1854. One was a cautious lawyer who deplored abolitionists' flouting of the law, the other an outspoken antislavery activist who captained a stop on the Underground Railroad. Yet the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moore, William F. (William Frederick), 1935-
Other Authors: Moore, Jane Ann
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Lovejoy, Owen, > 1811-1864.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Attaining political power, 1854-1860. Hating zeal to spread slavery, 1854 ; Traversing uneven political ground, 1855 ; Standing together nobly, 1856 ; Disputing the Supreme Court decision, 1857 ; Trusting those who care for the results, 1858 ; Remaining steadfast to the right, 1859 ; Disenchanting the nation of slavery, 1860
  • Maintaining political power, 1861. Holding firmly to their promises, 1861
  • Applying political power, 1862-1864. Restoring the founding purposes, 1862 ; Assuring that the nation would long endure, 1863 ; Binding up the nation's wounds, 1864

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