Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End SlaveryOxford University Press, 2006 M02 12 - 320 páginas Lincoln is the single most compelling figure in our history, but also one of the most enigmatic. Was he the Great Emancipator, a man of deep convictions who ended slavery in the United States, or simply a reluctant politician compelled by the force of events to free the slaves? In Father Abraham, Richard Striner offers a fresh portrait of Lincoln, one that helps us make sense of his many contradictions. Striner shows first that, if you examine the speeches that Lincoln made in the 1850s, you will have no doubt of his passion to end slavery. These speeches illuminate the anger, vehemence, and sheer brilliance of candidate Lincoln, who worked up crowds with charismatic fervor as he gathered a national following. But if he felt so passionately about abolition, why did he wait so long to release the Emancipation Proclamation? As Striner points out, politics is the art of the possible, and Lincoln was a consummate politician, a shrewd manipulator who cloaked his visionary ethics in the more pragmatic garb of the coalition-builder. He was at bottom a Machiavellian prince for a democratic age. When secession began, Lincoln used the battle cry of saving the Union to build a power base, one that would eventually break the slave-holding states forever. Striner argues that Lincoln was a rare man indeed: a fervent idealist and a crafty politician with a remarkable gift for strategy. It was the harmonious blend of these two qualities, Striner concludes, that made Lincoln's role in ending slavery so fundamental. |
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... slavery system was on its way North unless Americans prevented the uniting of their “House” along pro-slavery lines. By itself, preservation of the Union was an empty concept to Lincoln, unless the Union remained dedicated—or could ...
... slavery system was on its way North unless Americans prevented the uniting of their “House” along pro-slavery lines. By itself, preservation of the Union was an empty concept to Lincoln, unless the Union remained dedicated—or could ...
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... slavery would have been forbidden in all common territories west of the Appalachians after 1800. This was deleted ... pro-slavery movement of the 1790s: a fear that anti-slavery talk could incite a slave insurrection that would lead to a ...
... slavery would have been forbidden in all common territories west of the Appalachians after 1800. This was deleted ... pro-slavery movement of the 1790s: a fear that anti-slavery talk could incite a slave insurrection that would lead to a ...
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... slave revolt in Virginia (the Gabriel Prosser revolt) added to the scare. For these reasons, pro-slavery leaders at the time viewed talk of a long-term anti-slavery program in the United States as dangerous folly. They argued that the ...
... slave revolt in Virginia (the Gabriel Prosser revolt) added to the scare. For these reasons, pro-slavery leaders at the time viewed talk of a long-term anti-slavery program in the United States as dangerous folly. They argued that the ...
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... slave states emerging from the war's first engagement with their long-term power at risk. Though some politicians thought the compromise had settled the issue “forever,” by the end of the decade pro-slavery leaders began to think about ...
... slave states emerging from the war's first engagement with their long-term power at risk. Though some politicians thought the compromise had settled the issue “forever,” by the end of the decade pro-slavery leaders began to think about ...
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... proslavery mind since the 1790s. Consequently, opinions on both sides of the ... slavery principles to encompass a complete renunciation of force in human ... slavery system should be challenged not only through moral agitation but also ...
... proslavery mind since the 1790s. Consequently, opinions on both sides of the ... slavery principles to encompass a complete renunciation of force in human ... slavery system should be challenged not only through moral agitation but also ...
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Lincoln and Free Soil 18541858 | 35 |
Lincoln and Slavery Containment 18591861 | 89 |
Lincoln and Emancipation 18611862 | 137 |
Lincoln and the War to the Death 1863 | 189 |
Lincoln and the WorstCase Future 1864 | 217 |
Lincoln and the BestCase Future 18641865 | 241 |
Notes | 265 |
Select Bibliography | 293 |
Index | 297 |
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Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End Slavery Richard Striner Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End Slavery Richard Striner Vista previa limitada - 2006 |
Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End Slavery Richard Striner Vista previa limitada - 2006 |
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Referencias a este libro
Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |
Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point : Getting Right with the Declaration of ... Lewis E. Lehrman Vista de fragmentos - 2008 |