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Lincoln's dilemma : blair, sumner, and the republican struggle over racism and equality in the civil war era
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- Creator
- Paul D. Escott
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014
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- Physical Details
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- xi, 267 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0813936209, 9780813936208, 9780813936192, 0813936195
- OCLC
- ocn864366372
- Includes bibliographical references( pages 249-255) and index.
- Prejudice and human sympathy -- Founding the Republican Party -- Attitudes toward slavery and race -- Abraham Lincoln's attitudes toward slavery and race -- Warning whites about slavery: antislavery vs. racism -- Violence -- Ambition, triumph, and crisis -- Secession -- Making war and alliances -- Shocking defeat, alternate paths -- Obstacles -- Suffering -- Military necessity and a covenant with God -- Traitors or brothers? -- Re-construction or restoration? -- Violence and racism -- Political dangers, ambiguous policies -- They can have peace -- With malice toward none; with charity for all -- Assassination -- Unfinished business
Subjects
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery.
- Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Racism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans.
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.