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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... John Hope Franklin's brief The Emancipation Proclamation in 1963 , written for its centennial . ( That centennial itself was a disappointing affair , capped by President John F. Kennedy's refusal to give the principal address at ...
... John Hope Franklin's brief The Emancipation Proclamation in 1963 , written for its centennial . ( That centennial itself was a disappointing affair , capped by President John F. Kennedy's refusal to give the principal address at ...
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... John McCline's father would meet at night with other slaves to " talk over the events and progress of the Lincoln campaign . " They were sure that " he was against slavery and would use every means in his power to crush it . " Even ...
... John McCline's father would meet at night with other slaves to " talk over the events and progress of the Lincoln campaign . " They were sure that " he was against slavery and would use every means in his power to crush it . " Even ...
Page 1839
... John Murray Forbes as " ' club men ' who live by wine , cards , tobacco and billiards . " Alexander McClure disgustedly admitted that Philadelphia , although a Northern city in a free state , was also " the great emporium of Southern ...
... John Murray Forbes as " ' club men ' who live by wine , cards , tobacco and billiards . " Alexander McClure disgustedly admitted that Philadelphia , although a Northern city in a free state , was also " the great emporium of Southern ...
Page 1840
... John Brown . Washington was still " an overgrown village " when Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office on March 4 , 1861 , " as unattractive , straggling , sodden a town , wandering up and down the left bank of the yellow Potomac , as ...
... John Brown . Washington was still " an overgrown village " when Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office on March 4 , 1861 , " as unattractive , straggling , sodden a town , wandering up and down the left bank of the yellow Potomac , as ...
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... John J. Crittenden, who proposed a roster of six new amendments that prevented the abolition of slavery by Congress, not only in the states but anywhere “under its exclusive jurisdiction,” which included the territories, all federal ...
... John J. Crittenden, who proposed a roster of six new amendments that prevented the abolition of slavery by Congress, not only in the states but anywhere “under its exclusive jurisdiction,” which included the territories, all federal ...
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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