This book examines the ideas and events that shaped Lincoln's responses to slavery following the arc of his ideological development. Throughout, Medford juxtaposes the president's motivations for advocating freedom with the aspirations of African Americans themselves, restoring them to the center of the story about the struggle for their own liberation.
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This book examines the ideas and events that shaped Lincoln's responses to slavery following the arc of his ideological development. Throughout, Medford juxtaposes the president's motivations for advocating freedom with the aspirations of African Americans themselves, restoring them to the center of the story about the struggle for their own liberation.
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