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05237aam a2200649 i 4500 001 5CC29B103A6E11E5A08F40DADAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150804010056 008 150211s2015 ilu b 001 0deng 010 $a 2014033618 020 $a 0809333635 020 $a 9780809333639 035 $a (OCoLC)883647335 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E457.2 $b .M497 2015 082 00 $a 973.7092 $2 23 084 $a SOC054000 $a HIS036050 $a BIO011000 $a SOC001000 $a SOC054000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Medford, Edna Greene, $e author. 245 10 $a Lincoln and emancipation / $c Edna Greene Medford. 264 1 $a Carbondale [Illinois] : $b Southern Illinois University Press, $c [2015] 300 $a 141 pages ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Concise Lincoln library 520 2 $a "In this succinct study, Edna Greene Medford examines the ideas and events that shaped President Lincoln's responses to slavery, following the arc of his ideological development from the beginning of the Civil War, when he aimed to pursue a course of noninterference, to his championing of slavery's destruction before the conflict ended. Throughout, Medford juxtaposes the president's motivations for advocating freedom with the aspirations of African Americans themselves, restoring African Americans to the center of the story about the struggle for their own liberation. Lincoln and African Americans, Medford argues, approached emancipation differently, with the president moving slowly and cautiously in order to save the Union while the enslaved and their supporters pressed more urgently for an end to slavery. Despite the differences, an undeclared partnership existed between the president and slaves that led to both preservation of the Union and freedom for those in bondage. Medford chronicles Lincoln's transition from advocating gradual abolition to campaigning for immediate emancipation for the majority of the enslaved, a change effected by the military and by the efforts of African Americans. The author argues that many players--including the abolitionists and Radical Republicans, War Democrats, and Black men and women--participated in the drama through agitation, military support of the Union, and destruction of the institution from within. Medford also addresses differences in the interpretation of freedom: Lincoln and most Americans defined it as the destruction of slavery, but African Americans understood the term to involve equality and full inclusion into American society. An epilogue considers Lincoln's death, African American efforts to honor him, and the president's legacy at home and abroad. Both enslaved and free Black people, Medford demonstrates, were fervent participants in the emancipation effort, showing an eagerness to get on with the business of freedom long before the president or the North did. By including African American voices in the emancipation narrative, this insightful volume offers a fresh and welcome perspective on Lincoln's America"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The Man and His Times -- The 1860 Election and the Loss of Union -- War, Union, and Slavery -- Emancipation by Presidential Decree -- To Know Freedom -- Ending Slavery Forever -- Epilogue. 600 10 $a Lincoln, Abraham, $d 1809-1865 $x Political and social views. 600 10 $a Lincoln, Abraham, $d 1809-1865 $x Relations with African Americans. 650 0 $a Slaves $x Emancipation $z United States. 650 0 $a Slavery $x History $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Equality $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a United States $x History $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1861-1865. 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877). $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery. $2 bisacsh 600 17 $a Lincoln, Abraham, $d 1809-1865. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00030184 650 7 $a African Americans $x Civil rights. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799575 650 7 $a Equality. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00914456 650 7 $a Political and social views. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353986 650 7 $a Politics and government $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Race relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01086509 650 7 $a Relations with African Americans. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01354226 650 7 $a Slavery $x Political aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01120480 650 7 $a Slaves $x Emancipation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01120540 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1800 - 1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Concise Lincoln library. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117020936.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826113007.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5CC29B103A6E11E5A08F40DADAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search