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 famously crafted speeches can
be interpreted in different ways: at times his words suggest
personal bigotry, but at other times he sounds like an enemy of
racists. In Lincoln and Race, Richard Striner takes on one of the
most sensitive subjects of Abraham Lincoln's legacy, exploring in
depth Lincoln's mixed record and writings on the issue of race.
Striner gives fair hearing to two prevailing theories about
Lincoln's seemingly contradictory words and actions: Did Lincoln
fight a long-term struggle to overcome his personal racism? Or were
his racist comments a calculated act of political deception?
Beginning with an exploration of the historical context of
Lincoln's attitudes toward race in the years before his presidency,
Striner details the ambiguity surrounding the politician's
participation in the Free Soil Movement and his fight to keep
slavery from expanding into the West. He explores Lincoln's
espousal of colonization-the controversial idea that freed slaves
should be resettled in a foreign land-as a voluntary measure for
black people who found the prospect attractive. The author analyzes
some of Lincoln's most racially charged speeches and details
Lincoln's presidential words and policies on race and the hotbed
issue of voting rights for African Americans during the last years
of the president's life.\ A brief but comprehensive look into one
of the most contentious quandaries about Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln
and Race invites readers to delve into the mind, heart, and motives
of one of America's most fascinating and complex leaders.
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