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 1826
... 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 interest in Butler's ...
... 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 interest in Butler's ...
Page 1827
The End of Slavery in America Allen C. Guelzo. Butler's “contraband” theory, and actually revoked the martial-law proclamations —not because he was indifferent to emancipation, but because he was convinced (and with good reason) that ...
The End of Slavery in America Allen C. Guelzo. Butler's “contraband” theory, and actually revoked the martial-law proclamations —not because he was indifferent to emancipation, but because he was convinced (and with good reason) that ...
Page 1857
... contraband of war.” If, as slaveowners had always insisted, slaves were indeed chattel property, and these three particular examples of property were about to be applied to the greater good of the rebel war effort, why might not Butler ...
... contraband of war.” If, as slaveowners had always insisted, slaves were indeed chattel property, and these three particular examples of property were about to be applied to the greater good of the rebel war effort, why might not Butler ...
Page 1858
... contraband — in other words , slaves who had been conscripted by the Confederates as military laborers- and runaways who were simply runaways . " 25 These problems not only multiplied , but spread to Maryland , which was a slave state ...
... contraband — in other words , slaves who had been conscripted by the Confederates as military laborers- and runaways who were simply runaways . " 25 These problems not only multiplied , but spread to Maryland , which was a slave state ...
Page 1865
... ( and would not ) be acceptable conduct between nations in conflict , just in time for Benjamin Butler to dip into those protocols for his novel definition of " contraband of war . " " 37 Despite the obstacles in the way of defining it ,
... ( and would not ) be acceptable conduct between nations in conflict , just in time for Benjamin Butler to dip into those protocols for his novel definition of " contraband of war . " " 37 Despite the obstacles in the way of defining it ,
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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