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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... slavery in that section of the Louisiana Territory north of the 36 ° 30 ' parallel , a restriction on the spread of slavery agreed to in the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Lincoln was appalled by this reversal of three decades of settled ...
... slavery in that section of the Louisiana Territory north of the 36 ° 30 ' parallel , a restriction on the spread of slavery agreed to in the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Lincoln was appalled by this reversal of three decades of settled ...
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... slavery; and, as Archimedes suggested, with a place to stand one might move the world. The Kansas-Nebraska Act, with its potential to extend slavery, had created conditions that led Lincoln to assert his interpreta- tion of the ...
... slavery; and, as Archimedes suggested, with a place to stand one might move the world. The Kansas-Nebraska Act, with its potential to extend slavery, had created conditions that led Lincoln to assert his interpreta- tion of the ...
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... slavery could be extended into the vast northern portion of the Louisiana Purchase, sug- gesting even that slavery could spread nationwide. This dramatic shift in national legislative policy drew Lincoln from private life into the ...
... slavery could be extended into the vast northern portion of the Louisiana Purchase, sug- gesting even that slavery could spread nationwide. This dramatic shift in national legislative policy drew Lincoln from private life into the ...
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... slavery agitation , to extend the Missouri line to the Pacific , and the defeat of his efforts ; the abandonment of a sectional and adoption of a national prin- ciple [ popular sovereignty ] of the Great Compromise [ of 1850 ] ; the ...
... slavery agitation , to extend the Missouri line to the Pacific , and the defeat of his efforts ; the abandonment of a sectional and adoption of a national prin- ciple [ popular sovereignty ] of the Great Compromise [ of 1850 ] ; the ...
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... slavery when they applied for statehood.89 Southern demands for tougher sanctions against runaway slaves gave rise ... slavery in the Louisiana Territory would be prohibited. The 1850 Compromise followed the pattern established by the ...
... slavery when they applied for statehood.89 Southern demands for tougher sanctions against runaway slaves gave rise ... slavery in the Louisiana Territory would be prohibited. The 1850 Compromise followed the pattern established by the ...
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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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