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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... from summer and Christmas vacations to copy citations and , in Joshua's case , ransack the Hannibal Hamlin Papers at the University of Maine for me . A particular word of thanks goes to Harold Holzer of the Metropolitan Museum for a ...
... from summer and Christmas vacations to copy citations and , in Joshua's case , ransack the Hannibal Hamlin Papers at the University of Maine for me . A particular word of thanks goes to Harold Holzer of the Metropolitan Museum for a ...
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... the staffs of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, the Bentley Historical Library at the University of ... from a researcher whose technology skills are but little advanced over hunt-and-peck. The emancipation materials posted on ...
... the staffs of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, the Bentley Historical Library at the University of ... from a researcher whose technology skills are but little advanced over hunt-and-peck. The emancipation materials posted on ...
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... the Conkling Letter , August , 1863 , " in Civil War History ( December 2002 ) • " Understanding Emancipation : Lincoln's Proclamation and the End of Slavery in America , " versions of which were presented to the annual Lincoln Symposium at ...
... the Conkling Letter , August , 1863 , " in Civil War History ( December 2002 ) • " Understanding Emancipation : Lincoln's Proclamation and the End of Slavery in America , " versions of which were presented to the annual Lincoln Symposium at ...
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... in Jules Guerin's mural , Emancipation of a Race , which was mostly lost to sight near the ceiling of one of the memorial's side chambers.1 But the unkindest cut at the Proclamation came from the Acknowledgments Introduction.
... in Jules Guerin's mural , Emancipation of a Race , which was mostly lost to sight near the ceiling of one of the memorial's side chambers.1 But the unkindest cut at the Proclamation came from the Acknowledgments Introduction.
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The End of Slavery in America Allen C. Guelzo. altogether . Montesquieu found the origins of political greatness in “ prudence , wisdom , perseverance , ” since prudence would “ guard the passions of individuals for the sake of order and ...
The End of Slavery in America Allen C. Guelzo. altogether . Montesquieu found the origins of political greatness in “ prudence , wisdom , perseverance , ” since prudence would “ guard the passions of individuals for the sake of order and ...
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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