BIG ENOUGH TO BE INCONSISTENT
ABRAHAM LINCOLN CONFRONTS SLAVERY AND RACE
BY GEORGE M. FREDERICKSON
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PUBLISHED BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, IN 2008
“Cruel, merciful; peace-loving, a fighter; despising Negroes and letting them fight and vote; protecting slavery and freeing slaves.” Abraham Lincoln was, W.E. B. DuBois declared, “big enough, indeed, for every generation to have its own Lincoln – unifier or emancipator, egalitarian or racist. In an effort to reconcile these views, and to offer a more complex and nuanced account of a figure so central to American history, this book focuses on the most controversial aspect of Lincoln’s though and politics – his attitudes and actions regarding slavery and race. Drawing attention to the limitations of Lincoln’s judgment and policies without denying his magnitude, the book provides the most comprehensive and even-handed account available of Lincoln’s contradictory treatment of black American in matters of slavery in the South and basic civil rights in the North.
The author shows how Lincoln’s antislavery convictions, however genuine and strong, were held in check by an equally strong commitment to the rights of the states and the limitations of federal poser. He explored how Lincoln’s beliefs about racial equality in civil rights, stirred and strengthened by the African American contribution to the northern war effort, were countered by this conservative constitutional philosophy, which left this matter to the states. The Lincoln who emerges is far more comprehensible and credible in his inconsistencies, and in the abiding beliefs and evolving principles from which they arose. Deeply principled but nonetheless flawed, all-too-human yet undeniable heroic, he is a Lincoln for all generations.
This book is brand new, unread and in pristine condition. It comes in a new, pristine condition dust jacket. Sharp, bright, clean and solidly bound, the book has no shortcomings. A wonderful, brand new book.
BIG ENOUGH TO BE INCONSISTENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN CONFRONTS SLAVERY AND RACE BY GEORGE M. FREDERICKSON
MINT CONDITION
MINT CONDITION DUST JACKET
This is a brand new, pristine-condition, unread book. Sharp, Bright, Clean, Solidly Bound, New Book
Fully Referenced and Fully Indexed
PUBLISHED BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, IN 2008
“Cruel, merciful; peace-loving, a fighter; despising Negroes and letting them fight and vote; protecting slavery and freeing slaves.” Abraham Lincoln was, W.E. B. DuBois declared, “big enough, indeed, for every generation to have its own Lincoln – unifier or emancipator, egalitarian or racist. In an effort to reconcile these views, and to offer a more complex and nuanced account of a figure so central to American history, this book focuses on the most controversial aspect of Lincoln’s though and politics – his attitudes and actions regarding slavery and race. Drawing attention to the limitations of Lincoln’s judgment and policies without denying his magnitude, the book provides the most comprehensive and even-handed account available of Lincoln’s contradictory treatment of black American in matters of slavery in the South and basic civil rights in the North.
The author shows how Lincoln’s antislavery convictions, however genuine and strong, were held in check by an equally strong commitment to the rights of the states and the limitations of federal poser. He explored how Lincoln’s beliefs about racial equality in civil rights, stirred and strengthened by the African American contribution to the northern war effort, were countered by this conservative constitutional philosophy, which left this matter to the states. The Lincoln who emerges is far more comprehensible and credible in his inconsistencies, and in the abiding beliefs and evolving principles from which they arose. Deeply principled but nonetheless flawed, all-too-human yet undeniable heroic, he is a Lincoln for all generations.
This book is brand new, unread and in pristine condition. It comes in a new, pristine condition dust jacket. Sharp, bright, clean and solidly bound, the book is new and has no shortcomings. A wonderful, brand new book.
