Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream

Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream

Beginning with the argument that the Emancipation Proclamation did not actually free African American slaves, this dissenting view of Lincoln's greatness surveys the president's policies, speeches, and private utterances and concludes that he had little real interest in abolition. Pointing to Lincoln's support for the fugitive slave laws, his friendship with slave-owning senator Henry Clay, and conversations in which he entertained the idea of deporting slaves in order to create an all-white nation, the book,Â concludes that the president was a racist at heartâ€”and that the tragedies of Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era were the legacy of his shallow moral vision.
Country USA
Manufacturer Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780874850857
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.
Binding	Hardcover
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780874850857
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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