Lincoln of KentuckyUniversity Press of Kentucky, 2010 M09 12 - 324 páginas Young Abraham Lincoln and his family joined the migration over the Ohio River, but it was Kentucky—the state of his birth—that shaped his personality and continued to affect his life. His wife was from the commonwealth, as were each of the other women with whom he had romantic relationships. Henry Clay was his political idol; Joshua Speed of Farmington, near Louisville, was his lifelong best friend; and all three of his law partners were Kentuckians. During the Civil War, Lincoln is reputed to have said, "I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky." He recognized Kentucky's importance as the bellwether of the four loyal slave states and accepted the commonwealth's illegal neutrality until Unionists secured firm control of the state government. Lowell Harrison emphasizes the particular skill and delicacy with which Lincoln handled the problems of a loyal slave state populated by a large number of Confederate sympathizers. It was not until decades later that Kentuckians fully recognized Lincoln's greatness and paid homage to their native son. |
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... were referred to President Lincoln . Lincoln thought it essential that the four slave states in the Union adopt some scheme of compensated emancipation , and he made repeated but futile efforts to persuade his native vii Preface.
Lowell H. Harrison. he made repeated but futile efforts to persuade his native state to lead the way . His relationship with Kentucky during the war years was important for him , the state , and the nation . A Ken- tuckian could be loyal ...
... effort was made in the 1792 convention that drew up Kentucky's first state constitution to include a provision that would provide for eman- cipation at some future date . Instead , Article 9 of the constitu- tion fixed slavery firmly in ...
... efforts to find good land on which he could support his family indi- cate that he was not a worthless failure as a frontiersman . But his failures to secure good Kentucky land with a clear title per- suaded him to try in Indiana under ...
... efforts of Abe and Dennis to cheer her up . ' 7 After several months , Thomas Lincoln realized that the home needed a wife and mother . Frontier life was not well suited to the lives of a widow or a widower ; a family unit was much ...
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6 Lincoln and Slavery to 1854 | 78 |
7 The Gathering Storm | 93 |
8 An Election a War and Kentuckys Neutrality | 111 |
Illustrations follow page | 150 |
10 Lincoln and Military Operations in Kentucky | 155 |
11 Wartime Politics in Kentucky | 176 |
12 Lincoln and Wartime Issues in Kentucky | 194 |
13 Lincoln Slavery and Kentucky | 221 |
Notes | 247 |
Bibliographical Essay | 277 |
Index | 287 |