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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452826803321

Autore

Dirck Brian R. <1965->

Titolo

Lincoln and the Constitution [[electronic resource] /] / Brian R. Dirck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-88180-1

9786613723116

0-8093-3118-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Collana

Concise Lincoln library

Disciplina

973.7092

Soggetti

Constitutional history - United States

Slaves - Emancipation - United States

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 1783-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Lincoln and the Constitution : early years -- Lincoln, the Constitution, and slavery during the sectional crisis -- Lincoln and the Declaration of Independence -- Becoming president, and defending the Union -- The war, civil liberties, and ex parte merryman -- Congress and winning the war -- Lincoln and the radicals -- The war and African Americans.

Sommario/riassunto

In this highly readable study of Abraham Lincoln's thoughts and actions concerning the U.S. Constitution, Brian R. Dirck combines extensive primary research and thoughtful, accessible consideration of Lincoln's views to reveal new insights into Lincoln's impact on the U.S. Constitution. In the statesman's roles as a leading antebellum politician, an ardent critic of slavery, and the president of the United States during the Civil War, Lincoln fashioned a strong antislavery constitutional ideology and articulated a constitutional vision of the Civil War that reinforced his determinati