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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... actually coming to events to hear me speak about the Proclamation. To them all belong my love and thankfulness; in their love, I find life, liberty, and emancipation of my own. Allen C. Guelzo THE VILLAS, CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY July.
... actually coming to events to hear me speak about the Proclamation. To them all belong my love and thankfulness; in their love, I find life, liberty, and emancipation of my own. Allen C. Guelzo THE VILLAS, CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY July.
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... Slavery in America Allen C. Guelzo. Allen C. Guelzo THE VILLAS, CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY July 25, 2003, thirty-three years after Kerkrade, the Netherlands Contents Acknowledgments Introduction One Four Ways to Freedom Two The.
... Slavery in America Allen C. Guelzo. Allen C. Guelzo THE VILLAS, CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY July 25, 2003, thirty-three years after Kerkrade, the Netherlands Contents Acknowledgments Introduction One Four Ways to Freedom Two The.
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... July 22 , 1862 , is the consistency with which Lincoln's face was set toward the goal of emancipation from the day he first took the presidential oath . Lincoln was not exaggerating when he claimed in 1858 that he “ hated " slavery : I ...
... July 22 , 1862 , is the consistency with which Lincoln's face was set toward the goal of emancipation from the day he first took the presidential oath . Lincoln was not exaggerating when he claimed in 1858 that he “ hated " slavery : I ...
Page 1826
... July 1862), the “contraband” theory confected by the ingenious Benjamin Butler, and the two martial-law emancipation proclamations attempted by John Charles Frémont and David Hunter. Lincoln ignored the Confiscation Acts, showed no ...
... July 1862), the “contraband” theory confected by the ingenious Benjamin Butler, and the two martial-law emancipation proclamations attempted by John Charles Frémont and David Hunter. Lincoln ignored the Confiscation Acts, showed no ...
Page 1827
... July 1862 that he could not wait for the legislative option—and not because he had patiently waited to discern public opinion and found the North readier than the state legislatures to move ahead. If anything, Northern public opinion ...
... July 1862 that he could not wait for the legislative option—and not because he had patiently waited to discern public opinion and found the North readier than the state legislatures to move ahead. If anything, Northern public opinion ...
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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