Lincoln and the Politics of Slavery: The Other Thirteenth Amendment and the Struggle to Save the Union

by Daniel W Crofts and Daniel W. Crofts

Book Overview

In this landmark book, Daniel Crofts examines a little-known episode in the most celebrated aspect of Abraham Lincoln's life: his role as the "Great Emancipator." Lincoln always hated slavery, but he also believed it to be legal where it already existed, and he never imagined fighting a war to end it. In 1861, as part of a last-ditch effort to preserve the Union and prevent war, the new president even offered to accept a constitutional amendment that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469663945
• ISBN13: 9781469663944
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"