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
... senator John Sherman- " looked upon ' Abolition ' with dread and disgust . " Moncure Conway , who first came to Washington in 1854 , found " the few anti- Slavery men then in Congress " being " utterly ignored by Washington society ...
... senator John Sherman- " looked upon ' Abolition ' with dread and disgust . " Moncure Conway , who first came to Washington in 1854 , found " the few anti- Slavery men then in Congress " being " utterly ignored by Washington society ...
Page 1841
... Senate's own compromise committee, the Committee of Thirteen, took its lead from Kentucky senator John J. Crittenden, who proposed a roster of six new amendments that prevented the abolition of slavery by Congress, not only in the ...
... Senate's own compromise committee, the Committee of Thirteen, took its lead from Kentucky senator John J. Crittenden, who proposed a roster of six new amendments that prevented the abolition of slavery by Congress, not only in the ...
Page 1842
... Senate in 1858 when , as a Republican senator from New York , he predicted that slavery and freedom were locked in an “ irrepressible conflict , " something that Southerners angrily read as a prediction of war on slavery . Yet Seward ...
... Senate in 1858 when , as a Republican senator from New York , he predicted that slavery and freedom were locked in an “ irrepressible conflict , " something that Southerners angrily read as a prediction of war on slavery . Yet Seward ...
Page 1843
... Senate seat , Lincoln affirmed that “ I have neither assailed , nor wrestled with any part of the constitution .... The legal right of Congress to interfere with the institution in these states , I have constantly denied . " And as late ...
... Senate seat , Lincoln affirmed that “ I have neither assailed , nor wrestled with any part of the constitution .... The legal right of Congress to interfere with the institution in these states , I have constantly denied . " And as late ...
Page 1845
... Senate with the alarming declaration that " a house divided against itself cannot stand . " I believe this government cannot endure , permanently half slave and half free .... It will become all one thing , or all the other . Either the ...
... Senate with the alarming declaration that " a house divided against itself cannot stand . " I believe this government cannot endure , permanently half slave and half free .... It will become all one thing , or all the other . Either the ...
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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