Lincoln's Defense of Politics: The Public Man and His Opponents in the Crisis Over Slavery"Examines six of Lincoln's key opponents (states' rights constitutionalists Alexander H. Stephens, John C. Calhoun, and George Fitzhugh; and abolitionists Henry David Thoreau, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass) to illustrate the broad significance of the slavery question and to highlight the importance of political considerations in public decision making"--Provided by publisher. |
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... references and index . ISBN - 13 : 978-0-8262-1606-9 ( alk . paper ) ISBN - 10 : 0-8262-1606-4 ( alk . paper ) 1. Lincoln , Abraham , 18091865 — Views on slavery . 2. Lincoln , Abraham , 1809–1865 — Adversaries . 3. Slavery — Political ...
... references and index . ISBN - 13 : 978-0-8262-1606-9 ( alk . paper ) ISBN - 10 : 0-8262-1606-4 ( alk . paper ) 1. Lincoln , Abraham , 18091865 — Views on slavery . 2. Lincoln , Abraham , 1809–1865 — Adversaries . 3. Slavery — Political ...
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... references are located in the bibliography. CA MBMF George Fitzhugh, Cannibals All! Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom Reform Papers Henry D. Thoreau, Reform Papers Second Treatise John Locke, Second Treatise of Government SS ...
... references are located in the bibliography. CA MBMF George Fitzhugh, Cannibals All! Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom Reform Papers Henry D. Thoreau, Reform Papers Second Treatise John Locke, Second Treatise of Government SS ...
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... reference to slavery is not likely to be disputed. (If Lincoln read Thoreau— there is no way to know—he is most likely to have done so in connec- tion with John Brown. The pro-Brown collection Echoes of Harper's Ferry, edited by the ...
... reference to slavery is not likely to be disputed. (If Lincoln read Thoreau— there is no way to know—he is most likely to have done so in connec- tion with John Brown. The pro-Brown collection Echoes of Harper's Ferry, edited by the ...
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... reference to Lincoln's opponents naturally calls to mind Stephen A. Douglas . For the better part of a decade , from the passage of the Kansas- Nebraska Act under Douglas's sponsorship in 1854 to the presidential campaign of 1860 , the ...
... reference to Lincoln's opponents naturally calls to mind Stephen A. Douglas . For the better part of a decade , from the passage of the Kansas- Nebraska Act under Douglas's sponsorship in 1854 to the presidential campaign of 1860 , the ...
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... reference to the natural equality of men as set forth in the Declaration of Independence . In countering this argument , Douglas did not adopt the relatively straight- forward position taken by Calhoun . Instead of denying the truth of ...
... reference to the natural equality of men as set forth in the Declaration of Independence . In countering this argument , Douglas did not adopt the relatively straight- forward position taken by Calhoun . Instead of denying the truth of ...
Contents
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Chapter 5 George Fitzhugh The Tur to History | 54 |
Chapter 6 The Attack on Locke | 73 |
Part III Abolitionism Natural Justice and Its Limits | 85 |
Chapter 9 Frederick Douglass Antislavery Constitutionalism and the Problem of Consent | 125 |
Part IV Conclusion The Case for Politics | 145 |
Chapter 10 FreedomPolitical and Economic | 147 |
Chapter 11 Between Legalism and the Higher Law | 155 |
Chapter 12 Lincoln s Defense of Politics | 162 |
Epilogue Political Temperament | 179 |
Notes | 185 |
Works Cited | 205 |
Chapter 7 Henry David Thoreau The Question of Political Engagement | 87 |
Chapter 8 William Lloyd Garrison From Disunionist to Lincoln Emancipationist | 105 |
Index | 215 |
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