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"Abraham Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator, yet his personal views on race have long been debated. Since his death, his legend has been shadowed by the mystery of his true stance toward non-whites. While Lincoln took many actions to fight slavery throughout his political career, his fam...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Striner, Richard, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Relations with African Americans.
Relations with African Americans.
Race relations.
Race.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Racial Groups
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siecle.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Lincoln, slavery, and race: the problems
  • The 1854 Peoria speech and its context
  • The 1857 Springfield speech and its context
  • The Lincoln-Douglas debates
  • The 1859 Columbus speech
  • Emancipation, colonization, and the equal rights possibility
  • Voting rights and Lincoln's murder
  • Disputed or doubtful evidence
  • Lincoln and Native Americans
  • Racist or not?

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