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Author:

Foner, Eric.

Title:

The fiery trial : Abraham Lincoln and American slavery / Eric Foner.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xxi, 426 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Views on slavery.
Slaves--Emancipation--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

"I am naturally anti-slavery" : young Abraham Lincoln and slavery -- "Always a whig" : slavery, the law, and the second party system -- "The monstrous injustice" : becoming a republican -- "A house divided" : slavery and race in the late 1850s -- "The only substantial difference": -- Secession and Civil War -- "I must have Kentucky" : the border strategy -- "Forever free" : the coming of emancipation -- "A new birth of freedom" : securing emancipation -- "A fitting, and necessary conclusion" : abolition, reelection, and the challenge of reconstruction.

Summary:

Foner gives us a life of Lincoln as it intertwined with slavery, the defining issue of the time and the tragic hallmark of American history. The author demonstrates how Lincoln navigated a dynamic political landscape deftly, moving in measured steps, often on a path forged by abolitionists and radicals in his party, and that Lincoln's greatness lay in his capacity for moral and political growth.

ISBN:

0393066185 (hardcover)
9780393066180 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2010023425

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