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
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