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The fiery trial : Abraham Lincoln and American slavery /

Foner, Eric.

The fiery trial : Abraham Lincoln and American slavery / Eric Foner. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton, 2010. - xxi, 426 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"I am naturally anti-slavery" : young Abraham Lincoln and slavery -- "Always a whig" : slavery, 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.

9780393066180 (hardcover)

2010023425


Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Views on slavery.


Slaves--Emancipation--United States.
New York Times Notable Book--2010

E457.2 / .F66 2010

973.7092

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