Lincoln and the abolitionists : John Quincy Adams, slavery, and the Civil War
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New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017].
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First edition.
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xvi, 395 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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Adams, John Quincy, -- 1767-1848.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery
Racism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery
Racism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017].
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Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-366) and index.
Description
"The acclaimed biographer, with a thought-provoking exploration of how Abraham Lincolnâs and John Quincy Adamsâ experiences with slavery and race shaped their differing viewpoints, provides both perceptive insights into these two great presidents and a revealing perspective on race relations in modern America. Lincoln, who in afterlife became mythologized as the Great Emancipator, was shaped by the values of the white America into which he was born. While he viewed slavery as a moral crime abhorrent to American principles, he disapproved of anti-slavery activists. Until the last year of his life, he advocated "voluntary deportation," concerned that free blacks in a white society would result in centuries of conflict. In 1861, he had reluctantly taken the nation to war to save it. While this devastating struggle would preserve the Union, it would also abolish slaveryâcreating the biracial democracy Lincoln feared. John Quincy Adams, forty years earlier, was convinced that only a civil war would end slavery and preserve the Union. An antislavery activist, he had concluded that a multiracial America was inevitable. Lincoln and the Abolitionists, a frank look at Lincoln, "warts and all," provides an in-depth look at how these two presidents came to see the issues of slavery and race, and how that understanding shaped their perspectives. In a far-reaching historical narrative, Fred Kaplan offers a nuanced appreciation of both these great men and the events that have characterized race relations in America for more than a centuryâa legacy that continues to haunt us all. The book has a colorful supporting cast from the relatively obscure Dorcas Allen, Moses Parsons, Violet Parsons, Theophilus Parsons, Phoebe Adams, John King, Charles Fenton Mercer, Phillip Doddridge, David Walker, Usher F. Linder, and H. Ford Douglas to Elijah Lovejoy, Francis Scott Key, William Channing, Wendell Phillips, and Rufus King. The cast includes Hannibal Hamlin, Lincolnâs first vice president, and James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson, the two presidents on either side of Lincoln. And it includes Abigail Adams, John Adams, Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and Frederick Douglass, who hold honored places in the American historical memory. The subject of this book is slavery and racism, the paradox of Lincoln, our greatest president, as an antislavery moralist who believed in an exclusively white America; and Adams, our most brilliant statesman, as an antislavery activist who had no doubt that the United States would become a multiracial nation. It is as much about the present as the past."--Goodreads.com.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kaplan, F. (2017). Lincoln and the abolitionists: John Quincy Adams, slavery, and the Civil War (First edition.). Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kaplan, Fred, 1937-. 2017. Lincoln and the Abolitionists: John Quincy Adams, Slavery, and the Civil War. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kaplan, Fred, 1937-. Lincoln and the Abolitionists: John Quincy Adams, Slavery, and the Civil War Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kaplan, Fred. Lincoln and the Abolitionists: John Quincy Adams, Slavery, and the Civil War First edition., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017.
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