03018nam 2200613Ia 450 991044987470332120200520144314.00-8262-6506-5(CKB)1000000000246893(OCoLC)608937653(CaPaEBR)ebrary10128995(SSID)ssj0000192570(PQKBManifestationID)11167609(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192570(PQKBWorkID)10186989(PQKB)11412994(MiAaPQ)EBC3570881(Au-PeEL)EBL3570881(CaPaEBR)ebr10128995(OCoLC)70789610(EXLCZ)99100000000024689320050923d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLincoln's defense of politics[electronic resource] the public man and his opponents in the crisis over slavery /Thomas E. SchneiderColumbia University of Missouri Pressc20061 online resource (241 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8262-1606-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and index.A divided Lincoln? -- Stephen A. Douglas : the missing constitutional basis -- Alexander H. Stephens : slavery, secession, and the higher law -- John C. Calhoun : the politics of interest -- George Fitzhugh : the turn to history -- The attack on Locke -- Henry David Thoreau : the question of political engagement -- William Lloyd Garrison : from disunionist to Lincoln emancipationist -- Frederick Douglass : antislavery constitutionalism and the problem of consent -- Freedom, political and economic -- Between legalism and the higher law -- Lincoln's defense of politics."Examines six of Lincoln's key opponents (states' rights constitutionalists Alexander H. Stephens, John C. Calhoun, and George Fitzhugh; and abolitionists Henry David Thoreau, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass) to illustrate the broad significance of the slavery question and to highlight the importance of political considerations in public decision making"--Provided by publisher.SlaveryPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory19th centurySlaverySouthern StatesJustificationAntislavery movementsUnited StatesHistory19th centurySlavesEmancipationUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and government1861-1865Electronic books.SlaveryPolitical aspectsHistorySlaveryJustification.Antislavery movementsHistorySlavesEmancipation306.3/620973Schneider Thomas E.1963-882030MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910449874703321Lincoln's defense of politics1970271UNINA