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Abraham Lincoln and a new birth of freedom : the Union and slavery in the diplomacy of the Civil War

Author: Howard Jones
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Jones, Howard, 1940-
Abraham Lincoln and a new birth of freedom.
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1999
(OCoLC)607152901
Named Person: Abraham Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Howard Jones
ISBN: 0803225822 9780803225824
OCLC Number: 40682121
Description: xii, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: ch. 1. Lincoln on slavery: a constitutional right and a moral wrong --
ch. 2. Lincoln, slavery, and perpetual union --
ch. 3. Southern slavery, northern freedom: the central dilemma of the Republic --
ch. 4. Emancipation by the sword? race war and Antietam as catalysts to intervention --
ch. 5. "Days of grace": emancipation the prelude to foreign intervention? --
ch. 6. Autumn of discontent: the crisis over intervention --
ch. 7. Emancipation Proclamation: an act of justice, warranted by military necessity --
ch. 8. Final impact of slavery on intervention: Napoleon's grand design for the Americas --
Epilogue: to create a more perfect union.
Responsibility: Howard Jones.
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