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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... history of the genesis , issuance and aftermath of Lincoln's epoch - making Emancipation Proclamation ... The political and legal reasoning behind Lincoln's series of hugely difficult decisions has never been presented so well before ...
... history of the genesis , issuance and aftermath of Lincoln's epoch - making Emancipation Proclamation ... The political and legal reasoning behind Lincoln's series of hugely difficult decisions has never been presented so well before ...
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... history of the American Republic . " -Mackubin Thomas Owens , National Review " By setting the Proclamation in its exceedingly dicey context , Guelzo shows how tempting it is to read a false tidiness into political acts that in their ...
... history of the American Republic . " -Mackubin Thomas Owens , National Review " By setting the Proclamation in its exceedingly dicey context , Guelzo shows how tempting it is to read a false tidiness into political acts that in their ...
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... history ... Guelzo does a fine job of linking the legal complexities hidden within the document to other contemporary legal issues , such as Lincoln's suspension of the writ of habeas corpus ... a valuable contribution to Civil War ...
... history ... Guelzo does a fine job of linking the legal complexities hidden within the document to other contemporary legal issues , such as Lincoln's suspension of the writ of habeas corpus ... a valuable contribution to Civil War ...
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... and Kim Bauer of the Illinois State Historical Library, neither of whom seemed to know what the word no meant when I begged for copies of important materials from the various Lincoln holdings in Springfield . And then.
... and Kim Bauer of the Illinois State Historical Library, neither of whom seemed to know what the word no meant when I begged for copies of important materials from the various Lincoln holdings in Springfield . And then.
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... History ) is allowed sabbatical leave , but Eastern's president , Dr. David Black , generously endorsed my request ... Historical Library were only the largest of the many library and manuscript collections used for this book . In ...
... History ) is allowed sabbatical leave , but Eastern's president , Dr. David Black , generously endorsed my request ... Historical Library were only the largest of the many library and manuscript collections used for this book . In ...
Contents
1822 | |
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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