Lincoln's defense of politics [electronic resource] : the public man and his opponents in the crisis over slavery / Thomas E. Schneider.
Publication details: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.Description: xi, 224 pSubject(s):- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Adversaries
- Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Slavery -- Southern States -- Justification
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- E457.2 .S37 2006eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and index.
A divided Lincoln? -- Stephen A. Douglas : the missing constitutional basis -- Alexander H. Stephens : slavery, secession, and the higher law -- John C. Calhoun : the politics of interest -- George Fitzhugh : the turn to history -- The attack on Locke -- Henry David Thoreau : the question of political engagement -- William Lloyd Garrison : from disunionist to Lincoln emancipationist -- Frederick Douglass : antislavery constitutionalism and the problem of consent -- Freedom, political and economic -- Between legalism and the higher law -- Lincoln's defense of politics.
"Examines six of Lincoln's key opponents (states' rights constitutionalists Alexander H. Stephens, John C. Calhoun, and George Fitzhugh; and abolitionists Henry David Thoreau, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass) to illustrate the broad significance of the slavery question and to highlight the importance of political considerations in public decision making"--Provided by publisher.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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