Lincoln and the politics of slavery : the other Thirteenth Amendment and the struggle to save the union

Lincoln and the politics of slavery : the other Thirteenth Amendment and the struggle to save the union / Daniel W. Crofts.

Author/creator	Crofts, Daniel W. author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Description	356 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Political and social views. United States. Constitution. 13th Amendment--History. Enslaved persons--Emancipation --United States --History --19th century. Slavery--Law and legislation --United States --History.

Contents	Prologue : the bread pill -- The antebellum context. The abolition movement and the problem of the Constitution ; Antislavery politics and the problem of the constitution ; The Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln, and the problem of the Constitution -- Origins of the other Thirteenth Amendment. Mutual misconceptions ; The Seward amendment ; The Corwin amendment -- Debating the other Thirteenth Amendment. Reaching across the abyss ; The unfazed and the alarmed ; The amendment assessed -- The abortive launch. Congress acts ; The president speaks ; The ratification fizzle -- Epilogue 1. James M. Ashley and the Thirteenth Amendment -- Epilogue 2. John A. Bingham and the Fourteenth Amendment.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2015032054
ISBN	9781469627311 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN	1469627310 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN	(ebook)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E457.2 .C935 2016	✔ Available	Place Hold