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The black man's president : Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, & the pursuit of racial equality /

This narrative history of Lincoln's personal interchange with Black people over the course his career reveals a side of the sixteenth president that, until now, has not been fully explored or understood. In a little-noted eulogy delivered shortly after Lincoln's assassination, Frederick Do...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burlingame, Michael, 1941- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pegasus Books, 2021.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Friends and associates.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Social conditions > 19th century.
Equality > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • "Extensive interaction with African Americans in Springfield": the Illinois years
  • "Blinded by no prejudices against race or color": Lincoln and African Americans on the White House staff
  • "Expressing a hearty wish for the welfare of the colored race": initial meetings with African American leaders
  • "A sop to conservatives": meeting with leaders of Washington's African American community
  • "Abraham Lincoln takes no backward step": Frederick Douglass and other African American callers in 1863
  • "To keep the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom": African American callers in 1864, including Frederick Douglass again
  • "A practical assertion of negro citizenship for which few were prepared": White House receptions, 1864-1865, including Frederick Douglass (again)
  • 1865: annus mirabilis for African Americans
  • Emphatically the black man's president or preeminently the white man's presdident?
  • Appendix evaluation of evidence cited to illustrate Lincoln's purported racism.