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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... question and to highlight the importance of political considerations in public decision making ” —Provided by publisher . Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN - 13 : 978-0-8262-1606-9 ( alk . paper ) ISBN - 10 : 0-8262 ...
... question and to highlight the importance of political considerations in public decision making ” —Provided by publisher . Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN - 13 : 978-0-8262-1606-9 ( alk . paper ) ISBN - 10 : 0-8262 ...
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... Question of Political Engagement 87 Chapter 8. William Lloyd Garrison: From Disunionist to Lincoln Emancipationist 105 Chapter 9. Frederick Douglass: Part IV. Antislavery Constitutionalism and the Problem of Consent 125 Conclusion: The ...
... Question of Political Engagement 87 Chapter 8. William Lloyd Garrison: From Disunionist to Lincoln Emancipationist 105 Chapter 9. Frederick Douglass: Part IV. Antislavery Constitutionalism and the Problem of Consent 125 Conclusion: The ...
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... the fed- eral government with an unnecessary and dangerous moral commit- ment. “And now . . . in such a crisis as this—must the question of the extinguishment of African slavery be forced upon the country?” asked vii Preface.
... the fed- eral government with an unnecessary and dangerous moral commit- ment. “And now . . . in such a crisis as this—must the question of the extinguishment of African slavery be forced upon the country?” asked vii Preface.
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... question to be decided by the war was not simply whether “our system” could endure but whether “any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure”—any nation “conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the propo- sition that all men ...
... question to be decided by the war was not simply whether “our system” could endure but whether “any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure”—any nation “conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the propo- sition that all men ...
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... question, Herbert J. Storing. Storing makes it clear that the existence of slavery in a republic brought politics itself into question. In two essays, “Frederick Douglass” and “The Case against Civil Disobedience,” he revisited the ...
... question, Herbert J. Storing. Storing makes it clear that the existence of slavery in a republic brought politics itself into question. In two essays, “Frederick Douglass” and “The Case against Civil Disobedience,” he revisited the ...
Contenido
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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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