With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham LincolnThe definitive life of Abraham Lincoln, With Malice Toward None is historian Stephen B. Oates's acclaimed and enthralling portrait of America's greatest leader. Oates masterfully charts, with the pacing of a novel, Lincoln's rise from bitter poverty in America's midwestern frontier to become a self-made success in business, law, and regional politics. The second half of the book examines his legendary leadership on the national stage as president during one of the country's most tumultuous and bloody periods, the Civil War years, which concluded tragically with Lincoln's assassination. In this award-winning biography, Lincoln steps forward out of the shadow of myth as a recognizable, fully drawn American whose remarkable life continues to inspire and inform us today. |
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... bill would emancipate all slave children in the District after January 1 , 1850 , and would compensate their owners . The bill , though , would have to be ratified by District voters before it could take effect . Another provision ...
... bill , which they pushed through Congress and sent to Lincoln for his signature . The most controver- sial provision was one which authorized the seizure of rebel slaves actively employed in the Confederate war effort . Predictably ...
... bill which forbade Union officers to return fugitive slaves to the Confederacy . Lincoln signed it . The Republican Congress sent him a bill which abolished slavery in Washington , D.C. , compensated the owners , and set funds aside for ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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