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 1825
... the war to degenerate “ into a violent and remorseless revolutionary struggle . " 5 It is this politics of prudence which opens up for us a way to understand Lincoln's strategy in " the mighty experiment " of emancipation . The most ...
... the war to degenerate “ into a violent and remorseless revolutionary struggle . " 5 It is this politics of prudence which opens up for us a way to understand Lincoln's strategy in " the mighty experiment " of emancipation . The most ...
Page 1828
... the War's first year conspired to strip Lincoln of his optimism in the natural , pleasant ascent of progress , but not of his fundamental belief in providence . Instead , the war saw him veer away from a providence defined by ...
... the War's first year conspired to strip Lincoln of his optimism in the natural , pleasant ascent of progress , but not of his fundamental belief in providence . Instead , the war saw him veer away from a providence defined by ...
Page 1830
... the war bulge with accounts of thwarted slaveowners with court papers in their hands and sheriffs at their sides, stalking through the camps of Union regiments in pursuit of slave runaways as though a barbecue rather than a war was in ...
... the war bulge with accounts of thwarted slaveowners with court papers in their hands and sheriffs at their sides, stalking through the camps of Union regiments in pursuit of slave runaways as though a barbecue rather than a war was in ...
Page 1862
... the war , describing his actions since April in calling up the militia of the states , purchasing weapons and materials , and issuing a call to the states for state volunteer regiments . He was careful to avoid broad swipes at Southern ...
... the war , describing his actions since April in calling up the militia of the states , purchasing weapons and materials , and issuing a call to the states for state volunteer regiments . He was careful to avoid broad swipes at Southern ...
Page 1864
... the war had been prosecuted up to that time , " recalled New York lawyer Montgomery Throop . Congress opened for business the next morning , whistling down their shock by resolving that " the reverses of the Army ... have in no manner ...
... the war had been prosecuted up to that time , " recalled New York lawyer Montgomery Throop . Congress opened for business the next morning , whistling down their shock by resolving that " the reverses of the Army ... have in no manner ...
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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