Lincoln on race & slavery / edited and introduced by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; coedited by Donald Yacovone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Contributor:

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.

Yacovone, Donald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--United States--History--19th century--Sources.

Slavery.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States--Sources.

Enslaved persons.

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

United States.

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

Lincoln, Abraham.

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

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Relations with African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (lxviii, 343 pages)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Generations of Americans have debated the meaning of Abraham Lincoln's views on race and slavery. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation and supported a constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery, yet he also harbored grave doubts about the intellectual capacity of African Americans, publicly used the n-word until at least 1862, and favored permanent racial segregation. In this book--the first complete collection of Lincoln's important writings on both race and slavery--readers can explore these contradictions through Lincoln's own words. Acclaimed Harvard scholar and documentary filmmaker Henry Louis Gates, Jr., presents the full range of Lincoln's views, gathered from his private letters, speeches, official documents, and even race jokes, arranged chronologically from the late 1830's to the 1860's. Complete with definitive texts, rich historical notes, and an original introduction by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., this book charts the progress of a war within Lincoln himself. We witness his struggles with conflicting aims and ideas--a hatred of slavery and a belief in the political equality of all men, but also anti-black prejudices and a determination to preserve the Union even at the cost of preserving slavery. We also watch the evolution of his racial views, especially in reaction to the heroic fighting of black Union troops. At turns inspiring and disturbing, Lincoln on Race and Slavery is indispensable for understanding what Lincoln's views meant for his generation--and what they mean for our own.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Abraham Lincoln on Race and Slavery / Gates, Henry Louis

1. Protest in Illinois Legislature on Slavery

2. Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois

3. A L to Mary Speed

4. Temperance Address

5. A L to Williamson Durley

6. A L to Josephus Hewett

7. Speech at Worcester, Massachusetts

8. Remarks and Resolution Introduced in United States House of Representatives Concerning Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia

9. Eulogy on Henry Clay & Outline for Speech to the Colonization Society

10. Speech to the Springfield Scott Club

11. Fragments on Slavery

12. Speech at Bloomington, Illinois

13. Speech at Peoria, Illinois

14. A L to Ichabod Codding

15. A L to Owen Lovejoy

16. A L to George Robertson

17. A L to Joshua F. Speed

18. Speech at Kalamazoo, Michigan

19. A L to Newton Deming and George P. Strong

20. Speech at Springfield, Illinois

21. A House Divided, Speech at Springfield, Illinois

22. A L to John L. Scripps

23. Fragment on the Struggle Against Slavery

24. Speech at Chicago, Illinois

25. Speech at Springfield, Illinois

26. Speech at Lewistown, Illinois

27. First Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Ottawa, Illinois

28. Second Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Freeport, Illinois

29. Speech at Carlinville, Illinois

30. Speech at Clinton, Illinois

31. Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois

32. Fourth Debate with Stephen A. Douglas

33. Fragment on Pro-slavery Theology

34. Seventh and Last Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Alton, Illinois & AL to James N. Brown

35. A L to Salmon P. Chase

36. Speech at Columbus, Ohio

37. Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio

38. Fragment on Free Labor

39. Address at the Cooper Institute, New York City

40. Speech at Hartford, Connecticut

41. A L to John A. Gilmer

42. First Inaugural Address

43. A L to Orville H. Browning

44. Message to Congress

45. A L to James A. McDougall

46. A L to Horace Greeley & Message to Congress

47. Appeal to Border State Representatives to Favor Compensated Emancipation

48. Address on Colonization to a Deputation of Negroes

49. A L to Horace Greeley

50. Reply to Emancipation Memorial Presented by Chicago Christians of All Denominations

51. Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

52. Annual Message to Congress

53. Emancipation Proclamation

54. A L to Andrew Johnson

55. Resolution on Slavery

56. A L to John M. Schofield

57. Order of Retaliation

58. A L to Nathaniel P. Banks

59. A L to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

60. A L to James C. Conkling

61. Fragment

62. Annual Message to Congress

63. Reply to New York Workingmen's Democratic Republican Association

64. A L to Albert G. Hodges

65. A L to Edwin M. Stanton

66. Interview with Alexander W. Randall and Joseph T. Mills

67. Resolution Submitting the Thirteenth Amendment to the States

68. Second Inaugural Address

69. Speech to One Hundred Fortieth Indiana Regiment

70. Last Public Address

Appendix: Lincoln, Race, and Humor

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612449338

9781282449336

1282449338

9781400832088

140083208X

OCLC:

814419546