In this succinct study, Edna Greene Med ford examines the ideas and events that shaped President Lincoln's responses to slavery, following the arc of his ideo logical development from the beginning of the Civil War, when he aimed to pur sue a course of noninterference, to his championing of slavery's destruction before the conflict ended. Throughout, Medford juxtaposes the president's mo tivations for advocating freedom with the aspirations of African Americans, restoring African Americans to the cen ter of the story about ...
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In this succinct study, Edna Greene Med ford examines the ideas and events that shaped President Lincoln's responses to slavery, following the arc of his ideo logical development from the beginning of the Civil War, when he aimed to pur sue a course of noninterference, to his championing of slavery's destruction before the conflict ended. Throughout, Medford juxtaposes the president's mo tivations for advocating freedom with the aspirations of African Americans, restoring African Americans to the cen ter of the story about the struggle for their own liberation. Lincoln and African Americans, Medford argues, approached emanci pation differently, with the president moving slowly and cautiously in order to save the Union, while the enslaved and their supporters pressed more ur gently for an end to slavery. Despite their differences, an undeclared part nership existed between the president and the enslaved that led to both pres ervation of the Union and freedom for those in bondage. While Lincoln re mains central to the story, the author argues that many players-including the abolitionists and Radical Republi cans, War Democrats, and black men and women-participated in the drama through agitation, military support of the Union, and destruction of the insti tution from within. By including African American voices in the emancipation narrative, this insightful volume offers a fresh and welcome perspective on Lincoln's America.
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