Lincoln and the politics of slavery

the other Thirteenth Amendment and the struggle to save the union

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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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English
Pages
356

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Table of Contents

Prologue : the bread pill
The antebellum context. The abolition movement and the problem of the Constitution ; Antislavery politics and the problem of the constitution ; The Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln, and the problem of the Constitution
Origins of the other Thirteenth Amendment. Mutual misconceptions ; The Seward amendment ; The Corwin amendment
Debating the other Thirteenth Amendment. Reaching across the abyss ; The unfazed and the alarmed ; The amendment assessed
The abortive launch. Congress acts ; The president speaks ; The ratification fizzle
Epilogue 1. James M. Ashley and the Thirteenth Amendment
Epilogue 2. John A. Bingham and the Fourteenth Amendment.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-338) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.7092
Library of Congress
E457.2 .C935 2016, E457.2.C935 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
356 pages
Number of pages
356

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27205079M
Internet Archive
lincolnpoliticso0000crof
ISBN 10
1469627310
ISBN 13
9781469627311
LCCN
2015032054
OCLC/WorldCat
919068308

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