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Freedom National
Freedom National is a groundbreaking history of emancipation that joins the political initiatives of Lincoln and the Republicans in Congress with the courageous actions of Union …
Knowing Him by Heart
An unprecedented collection of African American writings on Lincoln Though not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his …
The Crooked Path to Abolition
The long and turning path to the abolition of American slavery has often been attributed to the equivocations and inconsistencies of antislavery leaders, including Lincoln himself. …
The Scorpion's Sting
The image of a scorpion surrounded by a ring of fire, stinging itself to death, was widespread among antislavery leaders before the Civil War. It captures their long-standing …
The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution
Ruling Race: A History of American Slaveholders
This pathbreaking social history of the slaveholding South marks a turn in our understanding of antebellum America and the coming of the Civil War. Oakes's bracing analysis breaks …
Ruling Race
This pathbreaking social history of the slaveholding South marks a turn in our understanding of antebellum America and the coming of the Civil War. Oakes's bracing analysis breaks …
Beyond Freedom
This collection of eleven original essays interrogates the concept of freedom and recenters our understanding of the process of emancipation. Who defined freedom, and what did it …
Lincoln's America
This book explores the life of Abraham Lincoln on the eve of his bicentennial. To fully understand and appreciate Abraham Lincoln's legacy, it is important to examine the society …
The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens
The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era's most prominent politicians as well as the …
The Southern Middle Class in the Long Nineteenth Century
Jonathan Daniel Wells and Jennifer R. Green provide a series of provocative essays reflecting innovative, original research on professional and commercial interests in the …
Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment
A Federalist Notable Book"e;An important contribution to our understanding of the 14th Amendment."e;-Wall Street Journal"e;By any standard an important contribution...A …