Abraham Lincoln : redeemer president

Annotations

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Extensive notes on front and back endpapers concerning Lincoln's philosophy of free choice, his educational and professional background, Lincoln's beliefs on slavery, his House divided speech, John Brown, Jefferson Davis's inauguration, Fort Sumter, Lincoln's call for volunteers, the 1860 election results, the Whig platform from that election, Lincoln's interest in John Stuart Mill, his melancholy, the case he pled against slave Jane Bryant, vulgar racial jokes made by Lincoln, his death and martyrdom, his religious beliefs and the impact they had on the Civil War, Lincoln's belief in free labor, and Lincoln as a typical “'Victorian doubter' born in the Enlightenment, shaped by classical liberalism.” Annotations by Brian Lamb in the margins and underlining of pertinent phrases throughout the book. Brian Lamb asks: “What was Lincoln's own peculiar providentialism?” “What was the greatest mark of Lincoln's achievement as President?” “What did Lincoln intend to do about blacks in America?” “Was Lincoln a 'liberal' - a 'Whig' - a 'stealth Democrat'?”