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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... William Lee Miller, Lincoln was a virtuous leader on all the major issues of the day, and a leader of the highest ideals.6 In my own view, Abraham Lincoln was a great moral leader. But I believe we must acknowledge that the ethical ...
... William Lee Miller, Lincoln was a virtuous leader on all the major issues of the day, and a leader of the highest ideals.6 In my own view, Abraham Lincoln was a great moral leader. But I believe we must acknowledge that the ethical ...
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... William Lee Miller— has cleared away a vastamount of confusion spawned by the “moderate” Lincoln stereotype. Lincoln was that rarest of all great men, a political ethicist who was also an extraordinary natural genius in the ...
... William Lee Miller— has cleared away a vastamount of confusion spawned by the “moderate” Lincoln stereotype. Lincoln was that rarest of all great men, a political ethicist who was also an extraordinary natural genius in the ...
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... powerful federal government fall into the hands of abolitionists, who would use their power to strike at the slavery system in all of the slave states. Historian William W. Freehling put it succinctly; the nullifiers 20 FATHER ABRAHAM.
... powerful federal government fall into the hands of abolitionists, who would use their power to strike at the slavery system in all of the slave states. Historian William W. Freehling put it succinctly; the nullifiers 20 FATHER ABRAHAM.
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... William Lloyd Garrison. And the outbreak at last of a full-fledged slave revolt—the 1831 Nat Turner Revolt in Virginia—quickened fears that had haunted the proslavery mind since the 1790s. Consequently, opinions on both sides of the ...
... William Lloyd Garrison. And the outbreak at last of a full-fledged slave revolt—the 1831 Nat Turner Revolt in Virginia—quickened fears that had haunted the proslavery mind since the 1790s. Consequently, opinions on both sides of the ...
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... William H. Seward of New York, as his adviser. Taylor proposed that California and New Mexico skip the territorial stage and be admitted as states—free states—immediately. The South was in an uproar. In 1849 and 1850, Senator John C ...
... William H. Seward of New York, as his adviser. Taylor proposed that California and New Mexico skip the territorial stage and be admitted as states—free states—immediately. The South was in an uproar. In 1849 and 1850, Senator John C ...
Contenido
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Lincoln and Free Soil 18541858 | 35 |
Lincoln and Slavery Containment 18591861 | 89 |
Lincoln and Emancipation 18611862 | 137 |
Lincoln and the War to the Death 1863 | 189 |
Lincoln and the WorstCase Future 1864 | 217 |
Lincoln and the BestCase Future 18641865 | 241 |
Notes | 265 |
Select Bibliography | 293 |
Index | 297 |
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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 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Referencias a este libro
Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |
Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point : Getting Right with the Declaration of ... Lewis E. Lehrman Vista de fragmentos - 2008 |