Lincoln's dilemma [electronic resource] : Blair, Sumner, and the Republican struggle over racism and equality in the Civil War era / Paul D. Escott
- Author
- Escott, Paul D., 1947-
- Published
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
- Physical Description
- xi, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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- 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.
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- ISBN
- 9780813936192 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780813936208 (e-book) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references( pages 249-255) and index.
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