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
... law, nor as the moment of fusion between the Constitution and absolute moral theory, but as a goal to be achieved through prudential means, so that worthwhile consequences might result. He could not be ... martial-law proclamations —not.
... law, nor as the moment of fusion between the Constitution and absolute moral theory, but as a goal to be achieved through prudential means, so that worthwhile consequences might result. He could not be ... martial-law proclamations —not.
Page 1827
... martial-law proclamations —not because he was indifferent to emancipation, but because he was convinced (and with good reason) that none of these methods would survive challenges in federal court. But why, if he was attuned so ...
... martial-law proclamations —not because he was indifferent to emancipation, but because he was convinced (and with good reason) that none of these methods would survive challenges in federal court. But why, if he was attuned so ...
Page 1866
... martial law on fellow citizens , and outlawed bills of attainder ( which allowed legislatures to inflict the death penalty for treason without jury trials ) . Even the notion of treason itself was hedged in by the Constitution's ...
... martial law on fellow citizens , and outlawed bills of attainder ( which allowed legislatures to inflict the death penalty for treason without jury trials ) . Even the notion of treason itself was hedged in by the Constitution's ...
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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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