{"product_id":"lincoln-and-the-politics-of-slavery-9781469663944","title":"Lincoln and the Politics of Slavery","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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. Crofts argues that Lincoln no intention of being the Great Emancipator when he took office. Only amid the crucible of combat did the war to save the Union become a war for freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA well-written and exhaustively researched study\" - \u003ci\u003eCivil War Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A highly readable account of a seldom-remembered feature of early Civil War history. Highly recommended.\" - \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A well researched and thought-provoking book about Abraham Lincoln and his position on slavery.\" - \u003ci\u003eNorth Carolina Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An essential study of Republican ideology and the political efforts to prevent secession in the months following Lincoln's election.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Register of the Kentucky Historical Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With impressive research in politicians' speeches and correspondence, Crofts reconstructs the tangled legislative history of the amendment during the secession winter of 1860-1861, as moderates North and South struggled to find a compromise that would forestall disunion and war.\" - \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A worthwhile addition to our literature on the Civil War and the slavery issue in general.\" - \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With astute inferential skill and admittedly sparse archival attestations to build from, he pieces together the processes and hints of backroom deals that carried the amendment through both chambers by the narrowest of margins and through deft parliamentary maneuvering and overnight vote reversals.\" - \u003ci\u003eReviews in History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Meticulously detailed. . . . A thorough look at the dissension that tore the country apart.\" - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] intelligent and absorbing book. . . . Challenges the dominant emancipationist narrative and forces a new look at the dynamics and directions of politics and public interest during the secession crisis.\" - \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"The University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371946254679,"sku":"9781469663944","price":28.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lincoln-and-the-politics-of-slavery-9781469663944","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}