Foner, Eric.
New York : W.W. Norton, 2010.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-406) and index.
- I am naturally anti-slavery : young Abraham Lincoln and slavery — Always a Whig : Lincoln, the law, and the second party system — The monstrous injustice : becoming a republican — A house divided : slavery and race in the late 1850s — The only substantial difference : secession and Civil War — I must have Kentucky : the border strategy — Forever free : the coming of emancipation — A new birth of freedom : securing emancipation — A fitting, and necessary conclusion : abolition, reelection, and the challenge of reconstruction — Every drop of blood : the meaning of the war.
- In a landmark work of deep scholarship and insight, Foner gives us a life of Lincoln as it intertwined with slavery, the defining issue of the time and the tragic hallmark of American history. The author demonstrates how Lincoln navigated a dynamic political landscape deftly, moving in measured steps, often on a path forged by abolitionists and radicals in his party, and that Lincoln’s greatness lay in his capacity for moral and political growth.
- Pulitzer Prize for history, 2011.
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