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Sovereign of a free people : Abraham Lincoln, majority rule, and slavery / James H. Read.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Read, James H., 1958- author.
- Series:
- American political thought
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Political and social views.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- United States--Politics and government--1849-1877.
- United States.
- Representative government and representation--United States--History.
- Representative government and representation.
- Democracy--United States--History.
- Democracy.
- Slavery--United States--History--19th century.
- Slavery.
- Physical Description:
- 400 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Abraham Lincoln, majority rule, and slavery
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2023].
- Summary:
- "Sovereign of a Free People examines Lincoln's defense of majority rule, his understanding of its capabilities and limitations, and his hope that slavery could be peacefully and gradually extinguished through the action of a committed national majority. James Read argues that Lincoln offered an innovative account of the interplay between majorities and minorities in the context of crosscutting issues and shifting public opinion-an account that is particularly timely today, with a new minority threatening violence in response to a valid election with which it was dissatisfied"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The only true sovereign of a free people
- "We divide into majorities and minorities"
- "The capability of a people to govern themselves"
- From Kansas-Nebraska to house divided
- "Of strange, discordant, and even hostile elements" : building an antislavery electoral majority
- "The plank is large enough" : Lincoln on race, colonization, and coexistence
- "In course of ultimate extinction" : strategy and obstacles to peacefully ending slavery
- "To declare the right, so that enforcement might follow" : Lincoln's reconstruction of natural right.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0700634770
- 9780700634774
- OCLC:
- 1356252002
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