Title Lincoln's dilemma : Blair, Sumner, and the republican struggle over racism and equality in the civil war era / Paul D. Escott.

Publication Info.	Charlottesville [Virginia] ; London [England] : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
	©2014

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Description	1 online resource (284 pages) : illustrations.
Series	Nation Divided : Studies in the Civil War Era
	Nation divided.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	Prejudice and human sympathy -- Founding the Republican Party -- Attitudes toward slavery and race -- Abraham Lincoln's attitudes toward slavery and race -- Warning whites about slavery: antislavery vs. racism -- Violence -- Ambition, triumph, and crisis -- Secession -- Making war and alliances -- Shocking defeat, alternate paths -- Obstacles -- Suffering -- Military necessity and a covenant with God -- Traitors or brothers? -- Re-construction or restoration? -- Violence and racism -- Political dangers, ambiguous policies -- They can have peace -- With malice toward none; with charity for all -- Assassination -- Unfinished business.
Subject	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery.
	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. (OCoLC)fst00030184
	American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
	Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Racism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans.
	United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
	United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
	HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
	HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
	African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
	Slavery. (OCoLC)fst01120426
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Escott, Paul D., 1947- Lincoln's dilemma : Blair, Sumner, and the republican struggle over racism and equality in the civil war era. Charlottesville, [Virginia] ; London, [England] : University of Virginia Press, ©2014 xi, 267 pages Nation divided. 9780813936192
ISBN	9780813936208 (electronic bk.)
	0813936209 (electronic bk.)

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