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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786794503321

Autore

Moore William F.

Titolo

Collaborators for emancipation : Abraham Lincoln and Owen Lovejoy / / William F. Moore, Jane Ann Moore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-252-09634-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

326.8092

Soggetti

Enslaved persons - Emancipation - United States

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Attaining political power, 1854-1860. Hating zeal to spread slavery, 1854 ; Traversing uneven political ground, 1855 ; Standing together nobly, 1856 ; Disputing the Supreme Court decision, 1857 ; Trusting those who care for the results, 1858 ; Remaining steadfast to the right, 1859 ; Disenchanting the nation of slavery, 1860 -- Maintaining political power, 1861. Holding firmly to their promises, 1861 -- Applying political power, 1862-1864. Restoring the founding purposes, 1862 ; Assuring that the nation would long endure, 1863 ; Binding up the nation's wounds, 1864

Sommario/riassunto

Few expected politician Abraham Lincoln and Congregational minister Owen Lovejoy to be friends when they met in 1854. One was a cautious lawyer who deplored abolitionists' flouting of the law, the other an outspoken antislavery activist who captained a stop on the Underground Railroad. Yet the two built a relationship that, in Lincoln's words, 'was one of increasing respect and esteem'. In 'Collaborators for Emancipation', the authors examine the thorny issue of the pragmatism typically ascribed to Lincoln versus the radicalism of Lovejoy, and the role each played in ending slavery.