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Lincoln and the abolitionists : John Quincy Adams, slavery, and the Civil War / Fred Kaplan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaplan, Fred, 1937- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Views on slavery.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
- Adams, John Quincy.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.
- Antislavery movements.
- Race relations.
- History.
- United States.
- Slavery--United States--History--19th century.
- Slavery.
- Racism--United States--History--19th century.
- Racism.
- United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.
- Local Subjects:
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
- Racism--United States--History--19th century.
- United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 395 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017]
- Summary:
- Explores how the differing experiences and viewpoints of two Presidents shaped slavery and race relations in America for more than a century.
- Contents:
- A continual torment
- The first American martyr
- A difficult year
- A field of blood
- The distant goal
- The African mirage
- The Constitutional rag
- The ameliorative President
- Soft inducement
- The ultimate gradualists.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-366) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0062440004
- 9780062440006
- OCLC:
- 967029593
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