Lincoln's defense of politics
Subtitle: the public man and his opponents in the crisis over slavery
By: Thomas E. Schneider.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press; University of Missouri
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780826216069
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery.; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Adversaries.; Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Slavery -- Southern States -- Justification.; Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A divided Lincoln?; title: Stephen A. Douglas : the missing constitutional basis; title: Alexander H. Stephens : slavery, secession, and the higher law; title: John C. Calhoun : the politics of interest; title: George Fitzhugh : the turn to history; title: The attack on Locke; title: Henry David Thoreau : the question of political engagement; title: William Lloyd Garrison : from disunionist to Lincoln emancipationist; title: Frederick Douglass : antislavery constitutionalism and the problem of consent; title: Freedom, political and economic; title: Between legalism and the higher law; title: Lincoln's defense of politics.