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1 online resource (202 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-189) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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." |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation.
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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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Emancipation Proclamation (United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)) |
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Lincoln, Abraham. |
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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. |
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19th century |
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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. |
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1800 - 1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Carnahan, Burrus M., 1944- Act of justice. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2007 9780813124636 0813124638 (DLC) 2007017936 (OCoLC)131062592 |
| ISBN |
9780813172736 (electronic book) |
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081317273X (electronic book) |
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9780813138213 (electronic book) |
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0813138213 (electronic book) |
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9780813124636 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0813124638 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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