Lincoln on Race & Slavery

by Donald Yacovone, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Abraham Lincoln

Book Overview

From acclaimed scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the most comprehensive collection of Lincoln's writings on race and slavery Generations of Americans have debated the meaning of Abraham Lincoln's views on race and slavery. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation and supported a constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery, yet he also harbored grave doubts about the intellectual capacity of African Americans, publicly used the n-word until at least 1862,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691142343
• ISBN13: 9780691142340
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.3"