The Broken Constitution
Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
"An innovative account of Abraham Lincoln, constitutional thinker and doer"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The compromise constitution -- The breaking constitution -- The choice of war -- Political prisoners -- Emancipation and morals.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views.
United States. Constitution.
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation.
Executive power -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Federal government -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States.
HISTORY / United States / General.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views.
United States. Constitution.
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation.
Executive power -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Federal government -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States.
HISTORY / United States / General.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
ISBN:
9780374116644
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War Civil Lincoln Fel | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.