02802nam 2200613 a 450 991081653450332120230324204309.01-280-88180-197866137231160-8093-3118-7(CKB)2550000000105080(EBL)1386814(SSID)ssj0000690987(PQKBManifestationID)11942954(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000690987(PQKBWorkID)10628417(PQKB)11356844(MiAaPQ)EBC1386814(OCoLC)799144300(MdBmJHUP)muse21195(Au-PeEL)EBL1386814(CaPaEBR)ebr10579696(CaONFJC)MIL372311(EXLCZ)99255000000010508020110815d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLincoln and the Constitution[electronic resource] /Brian R. DirckCarbondale Southern Illinois University Press20121 online resource (182 p.)Concise Lincoln libraryDescription based upon print version of record.0-8093-3117-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 determinatiConcise Lincoln library.Constitutional historyUnited StatesEnslaved personsEmancipationUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and government1783-1865Constitutional historyEnslaved personsEmancipation973.7092Dirck Brian R.1965-1106304MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816534503321Lincoln and the Constitution3919215UNINA