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The fiery trial : Abraham Lincoln and American slavery

text The fiery trial : Abraham Lincoln and American slavery

Summary
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 dynami... Read more
Contents
"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 -- ... Read more
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Description
xxi, 426 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Publisher
W.W. Norton 2010

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 973.7092 FON in Adult Non-fiction Available

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