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The fiery trial : Abraham Lincoln and American slavery / Eric Foner.
In this landmark work of deep scholarship and insight, Eric Foner gives us the definitive history of Abraham Lincoln and the end of slavery in America. Foner begins with Lincoln's youth in Indiana and Illinois and follows the trajectory of his career across an increasingly tense and shifting political terrain from Illinois to Washington, D.C. Although "naturally anti-slavery" for as long as he can remember, Lincoln scrupulously holds to the position that the Constitution protects the institution in the original slave states. But the political landscape is transformed in 1854 when the Kansas-Nebraska Act makes the expansion of slavery a national issue.A man of considered words and deliberate actions, Lincoln navigates the dynamic politics deftly, taking measured steps, often along a path forged by abolitionists and radicals in his party. Lincoln rises to leadership in the new Republican Party by calibrating his politics to the broadest possible antislavery coalition. As president of a divided nation and commander in chief at war, displaying a similar compound of pragmatism and principle, Lincoln finally embraces what he calls the Civil War's "fundamental and astounding" result: the immediate, uncompensated abolition of slavery and recognition of blacks as American citizens.Foner's Lincoln emerges as a leader, one whose greatness lies in his capacity for moral and political growth through real engagement with allies and critics alike. This powerful work will transform our understanding of the nation's greatest president and the issue that mattered most.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781400199600 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
- ISBN: 1400199603 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (1,080 min.)) : digital.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : Tantor Audio : 2010.
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Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Norman Dietz. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | Slaves > Emancipation > United States. |
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