Lincoln's Hundred Days The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union

Name: Lincoln's Hundred Days The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union
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ISBN: 9780674066908

ISBN-10: 0674066901

ISBN-13: 9780674066908

Edition: 2012

Authors: Louis P. Masur

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“The time has come now,” Abraham Lincoln told his cabinet as he presented the preliminary draft of a “Proclamation of Emancipation.” Lincoln’s effort to end slavery has been controversial from its inception—when it was denounced by some as an unconstitutional usurpation and by others as an inadequate half-measure—up to the present, as historians have discounted its import and impact. At the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, Louis Masur seeks to restore the document’s reputation by exploring its evolution.Lincoln’s Hundred Days is the first book to tell the full story of the critical period between September 22, 1862, when Lincoln issued his preliminary Proclamation, and…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/22/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 310
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.29" long x 1.17" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

Louis P.Masur, a professor of history at the City University of New York and the editor of Reviews in American History, is the author of Rites of Execution: Capital Punishment and the Transformation of American Culture, 1776-1865. He lives in New Jersey.



Prologue September 22, 1862: Lincoln Tells a Story


The Path to the Preliminary Proclamation



Toward Emancipation



Messages and Measures



A New Departure



Movement


One Hundred Days



Judgments



The Reactions of Scholars and Soldiers



Intervention and Election Fever



"We Cannot Escape History"



Standing Firm


The Proclamation and Beyond



Jubilee



"Men of Color, To Arms!"



"It Can Not Be Retracted"



Emancipation Triumphant


Epilogue April 4, 1865: Lincoln Visits Richmond


Appendix Texts of the Emancipation Proclamation


Notch


Acknowledgments


Index