{"product_id":"lincoln-and-the-politics-of-slavery-the-other-thirteenth-amendment-and-the-struggle-to-save-the-union-paperback-softback-9781469663944","title":"Lincoln and the Politics of Slavery; The Other Thirteenth Amendment and the Struggle to Save the Union (Paperback \/ softback) 9781469663944","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLincoln and the Politics of Slavery\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Other Thirteenth Amendment and the Struggle to Save the Union\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaniel W. Crofts (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781469663944\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 February 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages, 24 halftones, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e23.3 x 15.5 x 2 cm, 0.333 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA well-written and exhaustively researched study\" - \u003ci\u003eCivil War Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A highly readable account of a seldom-remembered feature of early Civil War history. Highly recommended.\" - \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A well researched and thought-provoking book about Abraham Lincoln and his position on slavery.\" - \u003ci\u003eNorth Carolina Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An essential study of Republican ideology and the political efforts to prevent secession in the months following Lincoln's election.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Register of the Kentucky Historical Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With impressive research in politicians' speeches and correspondence, Crofts reconstructs the tangled legislative history of the amendment during the secession winter of 1860-1861, as moderates North and South struggled to find a compromise that would forestall disunion and war.\" - \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A worthwhile addition to our literature on the Civil War and the slavery issue in general.\" - \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With astute inferential skill and admittedly sparse archival attestations to build from, he pieces together the processes and hints of backroom deals that carried the amendment through both chambers by the narrowest of margins and through deft parliamentary maneuvering and overnight vote reversals.\" - \u003ci\u003eReviews in History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Meticulously detailed. . . . A thorough look at the dissension that tore the country apart.\" - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] intelligent and absorbing book. . . . Challenges the dominant emancipationist narrative and forces a new look at the dynamics and directions of politics and public interest during the secession crisis.\" - \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this landmark book, Daniel Crofts examines a little-known episode in the most celebrated aspect of Abraham Lincoln's life: his role as the \"Great Emancipator.\"  Lincoln always hated slavery, but he also believed it to be legal where it already existed, and he never imagined fighting a war to end it. In 1861, as part of a last-ditch effort to preserve the Union and prevent war, the new president even offered to accept a constitutional amendment that barred Congress from interfering with slavery in the slave states. Lincoln made this key overture in his first inaugural address.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrofts unearths the hidden history and political maneuvering behind the stillborn attempt to enact this amendment, the polar opposite of the actual Thirteenth Amendment of 1865 that ended slavery. This compelling book sheds light on an overlooked element of Lincoln's statecraft and presents a relentlessly honest portrayal of America's most admired president. Crofts rejects the view advanced by some Lincoln scholars that the wartime momentum toward emancipation originated well before the first shots were fired. Lincoln did indeed become the \"Great Emancipator,\" but he had no such intention when he first took office. Only amid the crucible of combat did the war to save the Union become a war for freedom.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685486620952,"sku":"9781469663944","price":25.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/lincoln-and-the-politics-of-slavery-the-other-thirteenth-amendment-and-the-struggle-to-save-the-union-paperback-softback-9781469663944","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}