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UNINA9910821670603321 |
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Autore |
Carnahan Burrus M. <1944-> |
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Titolo |
Act of justice : Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the law of war / / Burrus M. Carnahan |
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Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-8131-3458-7 |
0-8131-3487-0 |
1-283-23321-5 |
9786613233219 |
0-8131-7273-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (213 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Enslaved persons - Emancipation - United States |
African Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - History - 19th century |
Military law - United States - History - 19th century |
Executive power - United States - History - 19th century |
Constitutional history - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-189) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Planting the Seed: Charles Sumner and John Quincy Adams; 2. The Supreme Court on Private Property and War; 3. Criminal Conspiracy or War?; 4. The Union Applies the Law of War; 5. The Law as a Weapon; 6. Congress Acts and the Confederacy Responds; 7. Military Necessity and Lincoln's Concept of the War; 8. The Proclamation as a Weapon of War; 9. The Conkling Letter; 10. A Radical Recognition of Freedom; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln declared that as president he would ""have no lawful right"" to interfere with the institution of slavery. Yet less than two years later, he issued a proclamation intended to free all slaves throughout the Confederate states. When critics challenged the constitutional soundness of the act, |
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