Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning PointStackpole Books, 2008 M06 13 - 400 páginas The pivotal speech that changed the course of Lincoln's career and America's history. Complete examination of the speech, including the full text delivered in 1854 in Peoria, Illinois. |
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... History — 19th century . 5. United States . Kansas - Nebraska Act . 6. Douglas , Stephen Arnold , 1813–1861 - Political and social views . 7. Speeches , addresses , etc. , American — Illinois - Peoria . 8. Lincoln , Abraham , 1809–1865 ...
... History — 19th century . 5. United States . Kansas - Nebraska Act . 6. Douglas , Stephen Arnold , 1813–1861 - Political and social views . 7. Speeches , addresses , etc. , American — Illinois - Peoria . 8. Lincoln , Abraham , 1809–1865 ...
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... American history, burst upon the Illinois prairie. This congressional statute repealed the 1820 prohibition of slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska territory. The repeal inaugurated a new stage in the slavery debates of the early American ...
... American history, burst upon the Illinois prairie. This congressional statute repealed the 1820 prohibition of slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska territory. The repeal inaugurated a new stage in the slavery debates of the early American ...
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... American saga. I am deeply in debt to them. Still, I am not a scholar. My full-time vocation has allowed me irregular hours to research, study, and write, but I have tried to adhere to the traditional standards of historical scholarship ...
... American saga. I am deeply in debt to them. Still, I am not a scholar. My full-time vocation has allowed me irregular hours to research, study, and write, but I have tried to adhere to the traditional standards of historical scholarship ...
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... American history and its " peculiar institution " of slavery . Lincoln's arguments at Peoria were a comprehen- sive repudiation of the Kansas - Nebraska Act of May 1854. Sponsored by Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas , this ...
... American history and its " peculiar institution " of slavery . Lincoln's arguments at Peoria were a comprehen- sive repudiation of the Kansas - Nebraska Act of May 1854. Sponsored by Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas , this ...
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... American political history had prepared Lincoln's mind and speech to argue the issues raised by the new legislation. To his natural aptitude for learning Lincoln now joined a mature intellect, a driving instinct for political ...
... American political history had prepared Lincoln's mind and speech to argue the issues raised by the new legislation. To his natural aptitude for learning Lincoln now joined a mature intellect, a driving instinct for political ...
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THE IDEAS AND ARGUMENTS 101 | 101 |
V THE ROAD FROM PEORIA 153 | 153 |
VI CHALLENGING DRED SCOTT THE SUPREME COURT AND DOUGLAS 189 | 189 |
VII PEORIA CHARACTERIZES THE LINCOLN PRESIDENCY 217 | 217 |
VIII CODA 257 | 257 |
Full Text of Speech at Peoria Illinois 289 | 289 |
Acknowledgments 329 | 329 |
Milestones in the Lives of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas 341 | 341 |
Notes 352 | 352 |
Bibliography 382 | 382 |
Index 396 | 396 |
Back Cover | 413 |
IX THE PEORIA SPEECH AND THE HISTORIANS RECORD 269 | 269 |
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Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point : Getting Right with the Declaration of ... Lewis E. Lehrman Vista de fragmentos - 2008 |
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