Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End SlaveryOxford University Press, 2006 M02 12 - 320 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. |
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... western lands in 1802. The western lands of Georgia went the same way: Mississippi was admitted as a slave state in 1817, and Alabama was admitted as a slave state in 1819. The expansion of slavery below the Ohio River was driven.
... western lands in 1802. The western lands of Georgia went the same way: Mississippi was admitted as a slave state in 1817, and Alabama was admitted as a slave state in 1819. The expansion of slavery below the Ohio River was driven.
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... Mississippi and Louisiana, and his daughter (by that time deceased) had been married to Senator Jefferson Davis of Mississippi. FreeSoil Whigs (“Conscience Whigs,” as they called themselves) were sufficiently troubled by the nomination ...
... Mississippi and Louisiana, and his daughter (by that time deceased) had been married to Senator Jefferson Davis of Mississippi. FreeSoil Whigs (“Conscience Whigs,” as they called themselves) were sufficiently troubled by the nomination ...
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... Mississippi tried to help a Venezuelan soldier of fortune named Narciso Lopez in fomenting a revolt by the Cuban people against their imperial overlord, Spain. Lopez, Quitman, and others were indicted by the federal government (under ...
... Mississippi tried to help a Venezuelan soldier of fortune named Narciso Lopez in fomenting a revolt by the Cuban people against their imperial overlord, Spain. Lopez, Quitman, and others were indicted by the federal government (under ...
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... Mississippi pushed for annexation of Cuba along with additional conquests in Mexico and Central America. He wanted “Cuba. .. and one or two other Mexican States; and I want them all for the same reason—for the planting or spreading of ...
... Mississippi pushed for annexation of Cuba along with additional conquests in Mexico and Central America. He wanted “Cuba. .. and one or two other Mexican States; and I want them all for the same reason—for the planting or spreading of ...
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Containment 18591861 | |
Four | |
Lincoln and Emancipation 18611862 | |
Lincoln and the War to the Death 1863 | |
Lincoln and the BestCase Future 18641865 | |
Notes | |
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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 de fragmentos - 2006 |
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