Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by Distinguished Men of His TimeAllen Thorndike Rice North American Publishing Company, 1889 - 668 pages |
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Page vii
... Slavery -Not an Agitator - Hostility to Slavery in 1831- Democrats or Abolitionists - Effect of Public Opin- ion - Emancipation , the Last Card - The Proclama- tion to Follow a Victory - The Unyielding Secretary Stanton - Why Meade was ...
... Slavery -Not an Agitator - Hostility to Slavery in 1831- Democrats or Abolitionists - Effect of Public Opin- ion - Emancipation , the Last Card - The Proclama- tion to Follow a Victory - The Unyielding Secretary Stanton - Why Meade was ...
Page xiv
... Slavery- Hesitating to Issue the Proclamation - The Famous Greeley Letter - The Greeley Faction - A . Prudent Waiting upon Providence - Threatening Divisions- A Strict Military Necessity - The Bitter Mr. Chase -Dark and Doubtful Days ...
... Slavery- Hesitating to Issue the Proclamation - The Famous Greeley Letter - The Greeley Faction - A . Prudent Waiting upon Providence - Threatening Divisions- A Strict Military Necessity - The Bitter Mr. Chase -Dark and Doubtful Days ...
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... knowl- edge of all their thoughts and aims , their prejudices and preferences , equally and alike . He was elected to save the Union , not to destroy slavery ; and he did not aid , directly or indirectly , the xliv INTRODUCTION .
... knowl- edge of all their thoughts and aims , their prejudices and preferences , equally and alike . He was elected to save the Union , not to destroy slavery ; and he did not aid , directly or indirectly , the xliv INTRODUCTION .
Page xlv
... slavery . He signed the proclamation of emancipation solely be- cause it had become impossible to restore the Union with slavery . Like the nation itself , Lincoln , although personally opposed to slavery , was but slowly educated into ...
... slavery . He signed the proclamation of emancipation solely be- cause it had become impossible to restore the Union with slavery . Like the nation itself , Lincoln , although personally opposed to slavery , was but slowly educated into ...
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... slavery into virgin territory , but which was destined to destroy it and subsequently to enfranchise the slaves whom ... slavery orators , Wendell Phillips , as " the Slave Hound of Illinois . " This proposition , however , was not ...
... slavery into virgin territory , but which was destined to destroy it and subsequently to enfranchise the slaves whom ... slavery orators , Wendell Phillips , as " the Slave Hound of Illinois . " This proposition , however , was not ...
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