| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 224 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-214) and index. |
| Contents |
A divided Lincoln? -- Stephen A. Douglas : the missing constitutional basis -- Alexander H. Stephens : slavery, secession, and the higher law -- John C. Calhoun : the politics of interest -- George Fitzhugh : the turn to history -- The attack on Locke -- Henry David Thoreau : the question of political engagement -- William Lloyd Garrison : from disunionist to Lincoln emancipationist -- Frederick Douglass : antislavery constitutionalism and the problem of consent -- Freedom, political and economic -- Between legalism and the higher law -- Lincoln's defense of politics. |
| Summary |
"Examines six of Lincoln's key opponents (states' rights constitutionalists Alexander H. Stephens, John C. Calhoun, and George Fitzhugh; and abolitionists Henry David Thoreau, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass) to illustrate the broad significance of the slavery question and to highlight the importance of political considerations in public decision making"--Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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 pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States.
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Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Slavery -- Southern States -- Justification.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Adversaries.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schneider, Thomas E., 1963- Lincoln's defense of politics. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2006 0826216064 (DLC) 2005026927 (OCoLC)61724350 |
| ISBN |
0826265065 (electronic bk.) |
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9780826265067 (electronic bk.) |
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