Book
The fiery trial : Abraham Lincoln and American slavery / Eric Foner.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393066180
- ISBN: 0393066185
- ISBN: 9780393340662 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 039334066X (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xxi, 426 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Co., c2010.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes chronology of Lincoln, slavery, and emancipation (p. 339-345) and bibliographical references (p. 349-406) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | "I am naturally anti-slavery" : young Abraham Lincoln and slavery -- "Always a Whig" : Lincoln, the law, and the second party system -- "The monstrous injustice" : becoming a republican -- "A house divided" : slavery and race in the late 1850s -- "The only substantial difference" : secession and Civil War -- "I must have Kentucky" : the border strategy -- "Forever free" : the coming of emancipation -- "A new birth of freedom" : securing emancipation -- "A fitting, and necessary conclusion" : abolition, reelection, and the challenge of reconstruction -- Epilogue : "Every drop of blood" : the meaning of the war. |
| Awards Note: | Pulitzer Prize for history, 2011 |
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| Subject: | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Views on slavery. Slaves > Emancipation > United States. Slavar > Frigivning > Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Slaves > Emancipation > United States. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Orford Social Library | 973.7092 Fon | 34190000003219 | Adult nonfiction - Front room | Available | - |
