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Titre(s) : Lincoln, Congress, and emancipation [Texte imprimé] / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon
Publication : Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University
Press, copyright 2016
Description matérielle : vi, 270 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
Collection : Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877
Lien à la collection : Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln said, "I have no purpose, directly
or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it
exists." How, then, did Lincoln-who personally hated slavery-lead the nation through
the Civil War to January 1865, when Congress passed the constitutional amendment that
ended slavery outright? The essays collected in Lincoln, Congress, and Emancipation
examine Lincoln's route to achieving emancipation and how it is remembered both in
the United States and abroad. The contributors present wide-ranging contributions
to Lancoln studies and to understanding this watershed moment, including a study of
the sixteenth president's career in Congress in the 1840s and a brilliant critique
of the choices made by director Steven Spielberg and writer Tony Kushner in the movie
Lincoln. These classroom-ready readings provide fresh perspectives on Lincoln's deft
navigation of constitutional and political circumstances to move emancipation forward.
Book jacket
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Finkelman, Paul (1949-....). Éditeur scientifique
Kennon, Donald R. (1948-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) -- Relations avec les Noirs américains
États-Unis. Constitution. 13th Amendment
Abolition de l'esclavage -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle
Politique et gouvernement -- États-Unis -- 1861-1865
Indice(s) Dewey :
973.708 996073 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - 1861-1865 - Étude en relation avec les Noirs Américains
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780821422281 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb471462620
Notice n° :
FRBNF47146262
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction: freedom, finally / Paul Finkelman ; Legislators and peoples: emancipations
in comparative perspective / Seymour Drescher ; The ranchero spotty: an 1848 perspective
on Abraham Lincoln's congressional term / Amy S. Greenberg ; "Disunion ... is abolition"
/ James Oakes ; Lincoln, secession, and emancipation / Orville Vernon Burton ; Stevens,
Sumner, and the journey to full emancipation / Beverly Wilson Palmer ; Frederick
Douglass and the complications of emancipation / L. Diane Barnes ; Abraham Lincoln:
reluctant emancipator? / Michael Burlingame ; The road to freedom: how a railroad
lawyer became the great emancipator / Paul Finkelman ; Double take: abolition and
the size of transferred property rights / Jenny Bourne ; Mr. Spielberg goes to Washington
/ Matthew Pinsker.
