The Bluegrass region of Kentucky was the only part of the slaveholding South Abraham Lincoln knew intimately. How the cultural environment of Lexington, the home of Lincoln's wife, with its pleasure-loving aristocracy, its distinguished political leaders, and its slave auctions...
""Lincoln and the Bluegrass: Slavery and Civil War in Kentucky"" by William H. Townsend is a historical account of the tumultuous period leading up to and during the American Civil War in the state of Kentucky. The book focuses on the role of Abraham Lincoln, who was born in...