Big Enough to Be Inconsistent : Abraham Lincoln Confronts Slavery and Race / /
Fredrickson, George M.
Big Enough to Be Inconsistent : Abraham Lincoln Confronts Slavery and Race / / George M. Fredrickson. - 1 online resource (168 p.) - The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. A Clash of Images: Great Egalitarian or Hard-Core Racist? -- 2. Free Soil, Free Labor, and Free White Men: The Illinois Years -- 3. Becoming an Emancipator: The War Years -- Notes -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book focuses on the most controversial aspect of Lincoln's thought and politics - his attitudes and actions regarding slavery and race. Drawing attention to the limitations of Lincoln's judgment and policies without denying his magnitude, the book provides the most comprehensive and even-handed account available of Lincoln's contradictory treatment of black Americans in matters of slavery in the South and basic civil rights in the North.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674027749 9780674033733
10.4159/9780674033733 doi
African Americans--Civil rights--History--19th century.
Federal government--History--United States--19th century.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Slavery--Political aspects--History--United States--19th century.
States' rights (American politics)--History--19th century.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
E457.2 ǂb F786 2008eb
973.7092
Big Enough to Be Inconsistent : Abraham Lincoln Confronts Slavery and Race / / George M. Fredrickson. - 1 online resource (168 p.) - The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. A Clash of Images: Great Egalitarian or Hard-Core Racist? -- 2. Free Soil, Free Labor, and Free White Men: The Illinois Years -- 3. Becoming an Emancipator: The War Years -- Notes -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book focuses on the most controversial aspect of Lincoln's thought and politics - his attitudes and actions regarding slavery and race. Drawing attention to the limitations of Lincoln's judgment and policies without denying his magnitude, the book provides the most comprehensive and even-handed account available of Lincoln's contradictory treatment of black Americans in matters of slavery in the South and basic civil rights in the North.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674027749 9780674033733
10.4159/9780674033733 doi
African Americans--Civil rights--History--19th century.
Federal government--History--United States--19th century.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Slavery--Political aspects--History--United States--19th century.
States' rights (American politics)--History--19th century.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
E457.2 ǂb F786 2008eb
973.7092