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Big Enough to Be Inconsistent : Abraham Lincoln Confronts Slavery and Race / / George M. Fredrickson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The W. E. B. Du Bois LecturesPublisher: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674027749
  • 9780674033733
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.7092
LOC classification:
  • E457.2 ǂb F786 2008eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674033733

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

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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.

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