Big enough to be inconsistent : Abraham Lincoln confronts slavery and race /
Fredrickson, George M.,1934-2008.
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press,
c2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-145) and index.
A clash of images: great egalitarian or hard-core racist? -- Free soil, free labor, and free white men: the Illinois years -- Becoming an emancipator: the war years.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Slavery
African Americans
States' rights (American politics)
Federal government
Presidents