| Description |
202 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-189) and index. |
| Summary |
In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln declared that as president he would "have no lawful right" to interfere with the institution of slavery. Yet less than two years later, he issued a proclamation intended to free all slaves throughout the Confederate states. When critics challenged the constitutional soundness of the act, Lincoln asserted that he was endowed ""with the law of war in time of war."" In Act of Justice , Burrus M. Carnahan contends Lincoln was no reluctant emancipator; he wrote a truly radical document that treated Confederate slaves as an oppressed people rather than merely as enemy property. In this respect, Lincoln's proclamation anticipated the intellectual warfare tactics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries--From publisher description. |
| Contents |
Planting the Seed: Charles Sumner and John Quincy Adams -- The Supreme Court on Private Property and War -- Criminal Conspiracy or War? -- The Union Applies the Law of War -- The Law as a Weapon -- Congress Acts and the Confederacy Responds -- Military Necessity and Lincoln's Concept of the War -- The Proclamation as a Weapon of War -- The Conkling Letter -- A Radical Recognition of Freedom. |
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United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation.
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States.
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation. |
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United States. |
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African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century.
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African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. |
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Political and social views. |
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Military law -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Military law. |
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Executive power -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Executive power. |
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Constitutional history -- United States.
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Constitutional history. |
| ISBN |
9780813124636 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0813124638 hardcover alkaline paper |
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