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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... Nebraska Act of 1854 Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas 125 Map 144 Lincoln versus Douglas, 1854 and 1858 Pro-Nebraska Leaders in Illinois 169 Charles H. Lanphier, William A. Richardson, Thomas L. Harris, James Shields 1856 & Dred Scott ...
... Nebraska Act of 1854 Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas 125 Map 144 Lincoln versus Douglas, 1854 and 1858 Pro-Nebraska Leaders in Illinois 169 Charles H. Lanphier, William A. Richardson, Thomas L. Harris, James Shields 1856 & Dred Scott ...
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... Nebraska Act, one of the most explosive congressional statutes of American history, burst upon the Illinois prairie. This congressional statute repealed the 1820 prohibition of slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska territory. The repeal ...
... Nebraska Act, one of the most explosive congressional statutes of American history, burst upon the Illinois prairie. This congressional statute repealed the 1820 prohibition of slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska territory. The repeal ...
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... Nebraska Act. Years of studying Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, preparing for jury ... Act. • Chapter II considers Lincoln's antislavery campaign in October when he delivered speeches in Springfield, Peoria ...
... Nebraska Act. Years of studying Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, preparing for jury ... Act. • Chapter II considers Lincoln's antislavery campaign in October when he delivered speeches in Springfield, Peoria ...
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... Nebraska Act had intensified the historic national dispute about slavery, a controversy born with America at the Founding. Lincoln brought formidable intellectual and political skills to the task of leading the antislavery opposition to ...
... Nebraska Act had intensified the historic national dispute about slavery, a controversy born with America at the Founding. Lincoln brought formidable intellectual and political skills to the task of leading the antislavery opposition to ...
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... Nebraska Act blew across Illinois in 1854, Lincoln had become a successful attorney, a formidable litigator, and a powerful debating opponent. Few thought Lincoln a match for the self-confident and accomplished “Little Giant” of ...
... Nebraska Act blew across Illinois in 1854, Lincoln had become a successful attorney, a formidable litigator, and a powerful debating opponent. Few thought Lincoln a match for the self-confident and accomplished “Little Giant” of ...
Contenido
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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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