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
... White House after Lincoln's inauguration , remembered the capital “ as ' secesh ' to the backbone " and that almost every street had certain windows through which pianos dinged out “ Dixie ” and “ The Bonnie Blue Flag . ” Even Benjamin ...
... White House after Lincoln's inauguration , remembered the capital “ as ' secesh ' to the backbone " and that almost every street had certain windows through which pianos dinged out “ Dixie ” and “ The Bonnie Blue Flag . ” Even Benjamin ...
Page 1845
... white Southerners ( and blacks , too , as it turned out ) were not entirely wrong in sensing a profound danger to ... house divided against itself cannot stand . " I believe this government cannot endure , permanently half slave and half ...
... white Southerners ( and blacks , too , as it turned out ) were not entirely wrong in sensing a profound danger to ... house divided against itself cannot stand . " I believe this government cannot endure , permanently half slave and half ...
Page 1855
... White House, accounting solely to the God of his conscience,” Eugene Pelletan scolded the ultras. “But Mr. Lincoln simply presides over a republic where popular opinion rules, and he is surrounded by divers opinions upon the question of ...
... White House, accounting solely to the God of his conscience,” Eugene Pelletan scolded the ultras. “But Mr. Lincoln simply presides over a republic where popular opinion rules, and he is surrounded by divers opinions upon the question of ...
Page 1859
... white population of the South ; and they controlled the great inland rivers - the Ohio , the Mississippi , the ... house in Annapolis , Washington itself would be encircled by rebels . " I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to ...
... white population of the South ; and they controlled the great inland rivers - the Ohio , the Mississippi , the ... house in Annapolis , Washington itself would be encircled by rebels . " I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to ...
Page 1861
... House.” His “denunciations were the most extreme, and his expressions of ... white population,” announced one Indiana Democrat, “and we do not intend to ... House in 1860). They were also the states hit hardest when the Confederates ...
... House.” His “denunciations were the most extreme, and his expressions of ... white population,” announced one Indiana Democrat, “and we do not intend to ... House in 1860). They were also the states hit hardest when the Confederates ...
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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