Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End SlaveryOxford University Press, USA, 2006 M02 12 - 308 páginas Lincoln is the single most compelling figure in our history, but also one of the most enigmatic. Was he the Great Emancipator, a man of deep convictions who ended slavery in the United States, or simply a reluctant politician compelled by the force of events to free the slaves? In Father Abraham, Richard Striner offers a fresh portrait of Lincoln, one that helps us make sense of his many contradictions.Striner shows first that, if you examine the speeches that Lincoln made in the 1850s, you will have no doubt of his passion to end slavery. These speeches illuminate the anger, vehemence, and sheer brilliance of candidate Lincoln, who worked up crowds with charismatic fervor as he gathered a national following. But if he felt so passionately about abolition, why did he wait so long to release the Emancipation Proclamation? As Striner points out, politics is the art of the possible, and Lincoln was a consummate politician, a shrewd manipulator who cloaked his visionary ethics in the more pragmatic garb of the coalition-builder. He was at bottom a Machiavellian prince for a democratic age. When secession began, Lincoln used the battle cry of saving the Union to build a power base, one that would eventually break the slave-holding states forever. Striner argues that Lincoln was a rare man indeed: a fervent idealist and a crafty politician with a remarkable gift for strategy. It was the harmonious blend of these two qualities, Striner concludes, that made Lincoln's role in ending slavery so fundamental.Father Abraham challenges recent portraits of Lincoln as an essentially passive politician and reluctant abolitionist. Exhaustively researched and crisply argued, this superb book gives us a new appreciation of Lincoln as moral leader. |
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... proposed to amend the Missouri statehood bill by prohibiting the introduction of any more slaves into the state and by requiring the emancipation of slaves who were born in Missouri , after its statehood had been granted , when they ...
... proposed to amend the Missouri statehood bill by prohibiting the introduction of any more slaves into the state and by requiring the emancipation of slaves who were born in Missouri , after its statehood had been granted , when they ...
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... proposed to " let the forces late before Manassas ... be reorganized as rapidly as possible . " He also proposed further action in other theatres.10 Lincoln promptly demoted McDowell and summoned George B. McClellan , the victorious ...
... proposed to " let the forces late before Manassas ... be reorganized as rapidly as possible . " He also proposed further action in other theatres.10 Lincoln promptly demoted McDowell and summoned George B. McClellan , the victorious ...
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... proposal for the West : he proposed to drain troops from the Army of the Potomac and send them by sea into North Caro- lina to disrupt the Confederate railroads that serviced Richmond . There was no need for Lincoln to veto this plan ...
... proposal for the West : he proposed to drain troops from the Army of the Potomac and send them by sea into North Caro- lina to disrupt the Confederate railroads that serviced Richmond . There was no need for Lincoln to veto this plan ...
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The Problem | 5 |
Lincoln and Free Soil 18541858 | 35 |
Containment 18591861 | 89 |
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Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End Slavery Richard Striner Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End Slavery Richard Striner Vista previa limitada - 2006 |
Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End Slavery Richard Striner Vista previa limitada - 2006 |
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Referencias a este libro
Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |
Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point : Getting Right with the Declaration of ... Lewis E. Lehrman Vista de fragmentos - 2008 |