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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, c2010.Edition: First editionDescription: xxi, 426 pages, [16] pages of plates : black and white illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780393066180
  • 039334066X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.7092 22
LOC classification:
  • E 457.2 .F66 2010
Contents:
1. "I am naturally anti-slavery" : young Abraham Lincoln and slavery -- 2. "Always a Whig" : Lincoln, the law, and the second party system --3 "The monstrous injustice" : becoming a republican -- 4. "A house divided" : slavery and race in the late 1850s -- 5. "The only substantial difference" : secession and Civil War -- 6. "I must have Kentucky" : the border strategy -- 7. "Forever free" : the coming of emancipation -- 8. "A new birth of freedom" : securing emancipation -- 9."A fitting, and necessary conclusion" : abolition, reelection, and the challenge of reconstruction -- Epilogue: "Every drop of blood" : the meaning of the war.
Summary: 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 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.Summary: "Selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, this landmark work gives us a definitive account of Lincoln's lifelong engagement with the nation's critical issue: American slavery. A master historian, Eric Foner draws Lincoln and the broader history of the period into perfect balance. We see Lincoln, a pragmatic politician grounded in principle, deftly navigating the dynamic politics of antislavery, secession, and civil war. Lincoln's greatness emerges from his capacity for moral and political growth. 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations; 3 maps" -- from online
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This text includes a list of political maps and illustrations related to Abraham Lincoln, as well as other political figures amongst the landscape at the time.

This text includes a chronology and timeline focusing on slavery and emacinpation before, after, and during Lincoln giving the Emancipation Proclamation.

This resource includes a list of institutional abbeviations.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-406) and index.

1. "I am naturally anti-slavery" : young Abraham Lincoln and slavery -- 2. "Always a Whig" : Lincoln, the law, and the second party system --3 "The monstrous injustice" : becoming a republican -- 4. "A house divided" : slavery and race in the late 1850s -- 5. "The only substantial difference" : secession and Civil War -- 6. "I must have Kentucky" : the border strategy -- 7. "Forever free" : the coming of emancipation -- 8. "A new birth of freedom" : securing emancipation -- 9."A fitting, and necessary conclusion" : abolition, reelection, and the challenge of reconstruction -- Epilogue: "Every drop of blood" : the meaning of the war.

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 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.

"Selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, this landmark work gives us a definitive account of Lincoln's lifelong engagement with the nation's critical issue: American slavery. A master historian, Eric Foner draws Lincoln and the broader history of the period into perfect balance. We see Lincoln, a pragmatic politician grounded in principle, deftly navigating the dynamic politics of antislavery, secession, and civil war. Lincoln's greatness emerges from his capacity for moral and political growth. 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations; 3 maps" -- from online

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