Lincoln emancipated : the president and the politics of race / Brian R. Dirck, editor ; Allen C. Guelzo, foreword.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dirck, Brian R., 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Political and social views.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Political and social views.

Race--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Race.

Racism--United States--History--19th century.

Racism.

Race relations.

History.

Race--Political aspects.

United States.

United States--Race relations--History--19th century.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States.

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation.

United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xiv, 189 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2007]

Contents:

Was Lincoln a racist? / Allen C. Guelzo

"Paradox though it may seem" : Lincoln on antislavery, race, and union, 1837-1860 / Kenneth J. Winkle

Greeley, colonization, and a "deputation of negroes" : three considerations on Lincoln and race / Phillip S. Paludan

Abraham Lincoln, Jeffersonian : the colonization chimera / Kevin R.C. Gutzman

The difficulties of understanding Abe : Lincoln's reconciliation of racial inequality and natural rights / James N. Leiker

Abraham Lincoln, emancipation, and the Supreme Court / Brian R. Dirck

Slavery reparations in theory and practice : Lincoln's approach / Michael Vorenberg

All politics are local : emancipation in Missouri / Dennis K. Boman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-180) and index.

ISBN:

0875803598

OCLC:

63178810

Publisher Number:

9780875803593