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The Civil War forced America finally to confront the contradiction between its founding values and human slavery. At the center of this historic confrontation was Abraham Lincoln. In this fascinating new book Paul Escott considers the evolution of the president's thoughts on race in relation to three other, powerful - and often conflicting - voices.

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“A magnificent taxonomy of the nineteenth-century white racial mind.” —Stephen Berry, University of Georgia

“This book, together with his previous work, establishes Escott as this generation’s leading scholar on Lincoln and the problem of racism in Civil War America.”—H. David Williams, Valdosta State University

Lincolns Dilemma

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      Publisher: University of Virginia Press
      Publication Date: 30/03/2017
      ISBN13: 9780813939834, 978-0813939834
      ISBN10: 0813939836
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Civil War forced America finally to confront the contradiction between its founding values and human slavery. At the center of this historic confrontation was Abraham Lincoln. In this fascinating new book Paul Escott considers the evolution of the president's thoughts on race in relation to three other, powerful - and often conflicting - voices.

      Trade Review
      “A magnificent taxonomy of the nineteenth-century white racial mind.” —Stephen Berry, University of Georgia

      “This book, together with his previous work, establishes Escott as this generation’s leading scholar on Lincoln and the problem of racism in Civil War America.”—H. David Williams, Valdosta State University

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