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The fiery trial : Abraham Lincoln and American slavery

In a landmark work of deep scholarship and insight, 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 ste...

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Main Author: Foner, Eric.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton, c2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects and Genres:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Views on slavery.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-406) and index. 
505 0 |a "I am naturally anti-slavery" : young Abraham Lincoln and slavery -- "Always a Whig" : Lincoln, 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 -- "Every drop of blood" : the meaning of the war. 
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