Lincoln's Defense of Politics

Lincoln's Defense of Politics PDF Author: Thomas E. Schneider
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826265065
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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Book Description
"Examines six of Lincoln's key opponents (states' rights constitutionalists Alexander H. Stephens, John C. Calhoun, and George Fitzhugh; and abolitionists Henry David Thoreau, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass) to illustrate the broad significance of the slavery question and to highlight the importance of political considerations in public decision making"--Provided by publisher.