Lincoln's Defense of Politics: The Public Man and His Opponents in the Crisis Over SlaveryUniversity of Missouri Press, 2006 - 224 páginas "Examines six of Lincoln's key opponents (states' rights constitutionalists Alexander H. Stephens, John C. Calhoun, and George Fitzhugh; and abolitionists Henry David Thoreau, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass) to illustrate the broad significance of the slavery question and to highlight the importance of political considerations in public decision making"--Provided by publisher. |
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... gives little attention to the constitutional aspect of the slavery question, and his sympathies clearly lie with the abolitionists, his evaluation of Lincoln's career is consistent with the accusation that Lincoln undermined the ...
... gives little attention to the constitutional aspect of the slavery question, and his sympathies clearly lie with the abolitionists, his evaluation of Lincoln's career is consistent with the accusation that Lincoln undermined the ...
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... give a forthright answer to this question , either in 1856 or two years later when Lincoln debated him , points toward a more fundamental difficulty . It was probably as true of Douglas's supporters as it was of Lincoln's that they were ...
... give a forthright answer to this question , either in 1856 or two years later when Lincoln debated him , points toward a more fundamental difficulty . It was probably as true of Douglas's supporters as it was of Lincoln's that they were ...
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... gives him the right to enslave B. Of course, the interlocutor is thinking of all the characteristics that, to his mind, distinguish blacks and whites—color standing for all the rest. He evidently thinks that a difference in intellect is ...
... gives him the right to enslave B. Of course, the interlocutor is thinking of all the characteristics that, to his mind, distinguish blacks and whites—color standing for all the rest. He evidently thinks that a difference in intellect is ...
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Contenido
1 | |
13 | |
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36 | |
Chapter 5 George Fitzhugh The Tur to History | 54 |
Chapter 6 The Attack on Locke | 73 |
Part III Abolitionism Natural Justice and Its Limits | 85 |
Chapter 9 Frederick Douglass Antislavery Constitutionalism and the Problem of Consent | 125 |
Part IV Conclusion The Case for Politics | 145 |
Chapter 10 FreedomPolitical and Economic | 147 |
Chapter 11 Between Legalism and the Higher Law | 155 |
Chapter 12 Lincoln s Defense of Politics | 162 |
Epilogue Political Temperament | 179 |
Notes | 185 |
Works Cited | 205 |
Chapter 7 Henry David Thoreau The Question of Political Engagement | 87 |
Chapter 8 William Lloyd Garrison From Disunionist to Lincoln Emancipationist | 105 |
Index | 215 |
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Lincoln's Defense of Politics: The Public Man and His Opponents in the ... Thomas E. Schneider Vista previa limitada - 2006 |
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