The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery PoliticsThis is a book about two towering figures in our nation's history. It is a moving story about an improbable friendship, and an important story about an equally improbable alliance. [In the book, the author] has written a ... narrative history. He brings these two iconic figures to life and sheds new light on the central issues of slavery, race, and equality in Civil War America.-Dust jacket. |
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User Review - ScoutJ - LibraryThingActually quite good, if a bit repetitive and in some place contradictory. Oakes clearly lays out Lincoln's longstanding opposition to slavery, as opposed to his abolition-by-convenience reputation ... Read full review
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User Review - HistReader - LibraryThingMr Oakes concludes this book with denial of writing a "dual biography." Despite this claim, the insight he provides with investigation of each man's words, Mr Oakes paints two near biographical ... Read full review
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| Title | The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics |
| Author | James Oakes |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0393061949, 9780393061949 |
| Length | 328 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies |
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