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Lincoln's dilemma : Blair, Sumner, and the Republican struggle over racism and equality in the Civil War era /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Escott, Paul D., 1947- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
Series:Nation divided.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Views on slavery.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > African Americans.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Slavery > United States > History > 19th century.
Racism > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
Table of Contents:
  • Prejudice and human sympathy
  • Founding the Republican Party
  • Attitudes toward slavery and race
  • Abraham Lincoln's attitudes toward slavery and race
  • Warning whites about slavery: antislavery vs. racism
  • Violence
  • Ambition, triumph, and crisis
  • Secession
  • Making war and alliances
  • Shocking defeat, alternate paths
  • Obstacles
  • Suffering
  • Military necessity and a covenant with God
  • Traitors or brothers?
  • Re-construction or restoration?
  • Violence and racism
  • Political dangers, ambiguous policies
  • They can have peace
  • With malice toward none; with charity for all
  • Assassination
  • Unfinished business.