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The fiery trial, Abraham Lincoln and American slavery, Eric Foner

Label
The fiery trial, Abraham Lincoln and American slavery, Eric Foner
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-406) and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The fiery trial
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
601096674
Responsibility statement
Eric Foner
Sub title
Abraham Lincoln and American slavery
Table Of Contents
"I am naturally anti-slavery" : young Abraham Lincoln and slavery -- "Always a whig" : slavery, the law, and the second party system -- "The monstrous injustice" : becoming a republican -- "A house divided" : slavery and race in the late 1850s -- "The only substantial difference": -- Secession and Civil War -- "I must have Kentucky" : the border strategy -- "Forever free" : the coming of emancipation -- "A new birth of freedom" : securing emancipation -- "A fitting, and necessary conclusion" : abolition, reelection, and the challenge of reconstruction
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