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Lincoln, Congress, and Emancipation (Paperback) Loot Price: R785
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Lincoln, Congress, and Emancipation (Paperback): Paul Finkelman, Donald R Kennon

Lincoln, Congress, and Emancipation (Paperback)

Paul Finkelman, Donald R Kennon

Series: Perspectives on the History of Congress, 1801-1877

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"When Lincoln took office, in March 1861, the national government had no power to touch slavery in the states where it existed. Lincoln understood this, and said as much in his first inaugural address, noting: 'I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists.'" How, then, asks Paul Finkelman in the introduction to Lincoln, Congress, and Emancipation, did Lincoln-who personally hated slavery-lead the nation through the Civil War to January 1865, when Congress passed the constitutional amendment that ended slavery outright? The essays in this book examine the route Lincoln took to achieve emancipation, and how it is remembered both in the United States and abroad. The ten contributors-all on the cutting edge of contemporary scholarship on Lincoln and the Civil War-push our understanding of this watershed moment in US history in new directions. They present wide-ranging contributions to Lincoln studies, including a parsing of the sixteenth president's career in Congress in the 1840s and a brilliant critique of the historical choices made by Stephen Spielberg and writer Tony Kushner in the movie Lincoln, about the passage of the thirteenth amendment. As a whole, these classroom-ready readings provide fresh and essential perspectives on Lincoln's deft navigation of constitutional and political circumstances to move emancipation forward.

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Imprint: Ohio University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Perspectives on the History of Congress, 1801-1877
Release date: December 2016
Editors: Paul Finkelman • Donald R Kennon
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 978-0-8214-2228-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > American history > 1800 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Political leaders & leadership
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Civil war
Books > History > American history > 1800 to 1900
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
LSN: 0-8214-2228-6
Barcode: 9780821422281

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