| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 270 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877
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Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: freedom, finally / Paul Finkelman -- Legislators and peoples: emancipations in comparative perspective / Seymour Drescher -- The ranchero spotty: an 1848 perspective on Abraham Lincoln's congressional term / Amy S. Greenberg -- "Disunion ... is abolition" / James Oakes -- Lincoln, secession, and emancipation / Orville Vernon Burton -- Stevens, Sumner, and the journey to full emancipation / Beverly Wilson Palmer -- Frederick Douglass and the complications of emancipation / L. Diane Barnes -- Abraham Lincoln: reluctant emancipator? / Michael Burlingame -- The road to freedom: how a railroad lawyer became the great emancipator / Paul Finkelman -- Double take: abolition and the size of transferred property rights / Jenny Bourne -- Mr. Spielberg goes to Washington / Matthew Pinsker. |
| Summary |
"When Lincoln took office, in March 1861, the national government had no power to touch slavery in the states where it existed. Lincoln understood this, and said as much in his first inaugural address, noting: 'I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists.'" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. |
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United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation.
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United States. Constitution. 13th Amendment -- History.
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United States. |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Influence.
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Emancipation Proclamation (United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)) |
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Constitution (United States) |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1861-1865 |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States.
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Finkelman, Paul, 1949- editor.
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Kennon, Donald R., 1948- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lincoln, Congress, and emancipation. Athens, Ohio : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, [2016] 9780821422274 0821422278 (DLC) 2016036283 (OCoLC)948339816 |
| ISBN |
9780821445761 (electronic book) |
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0821445766 (electronic book) |
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9780821422274 |
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0821422278 |
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9780821422281 |
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0821422286 |
| Standard No. |
40026692432 |
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