03060nam 2200709 a 450 991080700400332120230207230512.00-674-26360-X0-674-03373-610.4159/9780674033733(CKB)1000000000787016(EBL)3300012(OCoLC)433627912(SSID)ssj0000111361(PQKBManifestationID)11125290(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111361(PQKBWorkID)10074898(PQKB)10109269(MiAaPQ)EBC3300012(DE-B1597)457622(OCoLC)1004876346(OCoLC)1049659470(OCoLC)1054880789(DE-B1597)9780674033733(Au-PeEL)EBL3300012(CaPaEBR)ebr10309083(EXLCZ)99100000000078701620070820d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBig enough to be inconsistent[electronic resource] Abraham Lincoln confronts slavery and race /George M. FredricksonCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20081 online resource (169 p.)W.E.B. Du Bois lecturesDescription based upon print version of record.0-674-02774-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-145) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. A Clash of Images: Great Egalitarian or Hard-Core Racist? -- 2. Free Soil, Free Labor, and Free White Men: The Illinois Years -- 3. Becoming an Emancipator: The War Years -- Notes -- IndexThis book focuses on the most controversial aspect of Lincoln's thought and politics - his attitudes and actions regarding slavery and race. Drawing attention to the limitations of Lincoln's judgment and policies without denying his magnitude, the book provides the most comprehensive and even-handed account available of Lincoln's contradictory treatment of black Americans in matters of slavery in the South and basic civil rights in the North.W.E.B. Du Bois lectures.SlaveryPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistory19th centuryStates' rights (American politics)History19th centuryFederal governmentUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPresidentsUnited StatesBiographySlaveryPolitical aspectsHistoryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryStates' rights (American politics)HistoryFederal governmentHistoryPresidents973.7092Fredrickson George M.1934-2008.176640MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807004003321Big enough to be inconsistent4080010UNINA