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. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 6-10 de 64
Página 11
... emancipation, thus extending the Republican anti-slavery agenda that had caused the Confederates to put the Union in peril. The logic of the Lincoln policies came full circle. It is no special pleading, however, to observe that such ...
... emancipation, thus extending the Republican anti-slavery agenda that had caused the Confederates to put the Union in peril. The logic of the Lincoln policies came full circle. It is no special pleading, however, to observe that such ...
Página 13
... Emancipation epoch. But he remained ever mindful that a white supremacist backlash could wipe away all the moral progress he had gained. The backlash occurred in 1862 (in reaction to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation), and it recurred ...
... Emancipation epoch. But he remained ever mindful that a white supremacist backlash could wipe away all the moral progress he had gained. The backlash occurred in 1862 (in reaction to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation), and it recurred ...
Página 18
... emancipation of slaves who were born in Missouri, after its statehood had been granted, when they reached the age of twenty-five. The Tallmadge amendments were passed in the House of Representatives but defeated in the Senate. Almost ...
... emancipation of slaves who were born in Missouri, after its statehood had been granted, when they reached the age of twenty-five. The Tallmadge amendments were passed in the House of Representatives but defeated in the Senate. Almost ...
Página 20
... Emancipation here, and transportation to Liberia afterwards.”16 The point was this: in light of the majority status that the free-state bloc had been gaining, the most militant slave-state leaders decided to prevent any sizable ...
... Emancipation here, and transportation to Liberia afterwards.”16 The point was this: in light of the majority status that the free-state bloc had been gaining, the most militant slave-state leaders decided to prevent any sizable ...
Página 22
... emancipation. This decisive event inspired the creation of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Yet throughout the 1830s, the militance of the new abolitionist radicals was matched by a growing pro-slavery militance, such that John C ...
... emancipation. This decisive event inspired the creation of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Yet throughout the 1830s, the militance of the new abolitionist radicals was matched by a growing pro-slavery militance, such that John C ...
Contenido
1 | |
5 | |
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 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
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 previa limitada - 2006 |
Términos y frases comunes
abolitionists Abraham Lincoln action amendment American anti-slavery April argued attack August battle began blacks Civil Collected coln command Compromise Confederate Congress Constitution convention December declared Democratic Dred Scott decision election emancipation Emancipation Proclamation enemy equal Eric Foner federal fight Frederick Douglass Free-Soil Free-Soil movement free-state freedom Frémont Grant Halleck Henry Halleck Ibid Illinois institution of slavery Jaffa James Jefferson John July Kansas Kentucky land LaWanda Cox leaders Lee’s army legislature Lincoln wrote Louisiana McClellan McPherson ment militants military Mississippi Missouri moral Nathaniel Banks nation negro North Northern political president presidential principles pro-slavery proclamation race racial Radical Republicans rebel Reconstruction Richmond save the Union secession Senate September Seward slavery slavery issue slaves South Carolina Southern speech Stephen Douglas strategy Sumner Taney Tennessee territory tion troops Unionist United University Press Virginia vote warned Washington white supremacist William York
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 |