Lincoln and the abolitionists : John Quincy Adams, slavery, and the Civil War
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New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017].
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
0062440004, 9780062440006
Physical Desc
xvi, 395 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Status
Adult Nonfiction (3rd floor)
NF 973.7114 KAPLAN 2017
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
0062440004, 9780062440006

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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 slavery—creating 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 century—a legacy that continues to haunt us all. 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.
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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 HarperCollins Publishers.

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 HarperCollins Publishers.

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 HarperCollins Publishers, 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 HarperCollins Publishers, 2017.

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