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The fate of liberty : Abraham Lincoln and civil liberties / Mark E. Neely, Jr.

Author
Neely, Mark E., Jr.
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvii, 278 pages)
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English.
Contents
Actions without Precedent -- Missouri and Martial Law -- Low Tide for Liberty -- Arrests Move South -- The Dark Side of the Civil War -- Numbers and Definitions -- The Revival of International Law -- The Irrelevance of the Milligan Decision -- The Democratic Opposition -- Lincoln and the Constitution.
Summary
The Fate of Liberty is a comprehensive look at the issues of civil liberties during Lincoln's administration, placing them in the political context of the time. It examines the practical impact on civil liberties of the policies Lincoln developed to save the Union. Neely focuses on Lincoln's suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in a turbulent time of unforeseen events that threatened the stability of the nation - the threat to Washington as Maryland flirted with secession, disintegrating public order in the border states, corruption among military contractors, contraband trade with the South and the outcry against the first draft in United States history. Drawing upon letters from prisoners, records of military courts and federal prisons, memoirs, and federal archives, he paints a vivid picture of how Lincoln responded to these problems, how his policies were actually executed, and the virulent political debates that followed.
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ISBN
0195080327
9780195080322
0195064968 (alk. paper)
9780195064964 (alk. paper)
142373792X (electronic bk.)
9781423737926 (electronic bk.)
1280443316
9781280443312
0199728976
9780199728978
1601299141
9781601299147
9780199923489 (electronic bk.)
0199923485 (electronic bk.)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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