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Lincoln and the politics of slavery : the other Thirteenth Amendment and the struggle to save the Union /

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In this landmark book, Daniel Crofts examines a little-known episode in the most celebrated aspect of Abraham Lincoln's life, his role as the "Great Emancipator." Lincoln always hated slavery, but he also believed it to be legal where it already existed, and he never imagined fighting...

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Main Author: Crofts, Daniel W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Series:Civil War America (Series)
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views.
United States. > Constitution. > 13th Amendment > History.
Slaves > Emancipation > United States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History.

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Call Number: E457.2 .C935 2016
 
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