Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in AmericaOne of the nation's foremost Lincoln scholars offers an authoritative consideration of the document that represents the most far-reaching accomplishment of our greatest president. No single official paper in American history changed the lives of as many Americans as Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. But no American document has been held up to greater suspicion. Its bland and lawyerlike language is unfavorably compared to the soaring eloquence of the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural; its effectiveness in freeing the slaves has been dismissed as a legal illusion. And for some African-Americans the Proclamation raises doubts about Lincoln himself. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation dispels the myths and mistakes surrounding the Emancipation Proclamation and skillfully reconstructs how America's greatest president wrote the greatest American proclamation of freedom. |
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Page 1840
... District of Columbia ( although not the slave trade ) and Washington society- " if it may be so - called , " snorted Ohio senator John Sherman- " looked upon ' Abolition ' with dread and disgust . " Moncure Conway , who first came to ...
... District of Columbia ( although not the slave trade ) and Washington society- " if it may be so - called , " snorted Ohio senator John Sherman- " looked upon ' Abolition ' with dread and disgust . " Moncure Conway , who first came to ...
Page 1841
... District of Columbia.10 All of these compromise proposals came to ruin on the rocks of Republican opposition in Congress, which drew strength from the knowledge that the next Congress, riding in on Lincoln's coattails, would be a ...
... District of Columbia.10 All of these compromise proposals came to ruin on the rocks of Republican opposition in Congress, which drew strength from the knowledge that the next Congress, riding in on Lincoln's coattails, would be a ...
Page 1851
... District of Columbia. His bill, true to his ideal of emancipation, asked for a District referendum on slavery. But if the referendum was favorable to abolition, Lincoln wanted the president empowered to issue a proclamation that ...
... District of Columbia. His bill, true to his ideal of emancipation, asked for a District referendum on slavery. But if the referendum was favorable to abolition, Lincoln wanted the president empowered to issue a proclamation that ...
Page 1852
... District of Columbia , that he has never studied the subject ; that he has no distinctive ideas about it .... But so far as he has considered it , he should be , perhaps , in favor of gradual abolition , when the slave - holders of the ...
... District of Columbia , that he has never studied the subject ; that he has no distinctive ideas about it .... But so far as he has considered it , he should be , perhaps , in favor of gradual abolition , when the slave - holders of the ...
Page 1859
... District of Columbia meant that the moment secessionists gained control of the state house in Annapolis , Washington itself would be encircled by rebels . " I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game ...
... District of Columbia meant that the moment secessionists gained control of the state house in Annapolis , Washington itself would be encircled by rebels . " I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game ...
Contents
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1834 | |
The President will Rise | 8 |
Three | 17 |
An Instrument in Gods Hands | 9 |
The Mighty | 73 |
Five | 27 |
Fame Takes him by the Hand | 71 |
Postscript | 1849 |
Notes | |
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Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America Allen C. Guelzo Limited preview - 2004 |
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America Allen C. Guelzo Limited preview - 2005 |
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