Lincoln and the Thirteenth Amendment /

Samito, Christian G.,

Lincoln and the Thirteenth Amendment / Christian G. Samito. - 1 online resource (187 pages) : illustrations. - Concise Lincoln library . - Concise Lincoln library. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-162) and index.

Before the presidency -- Secession winter -- Toward the Emancipation Proclamation -- The road to an Abolition Amendment -- Reelection and the politics of constitutional change -- Getting the Amendment Resolution passed -- The final vote -- Peace, ratification, and the Thirteenth Amendment -- Conclusion.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Views on slavery.


United States. 13th Amendment Constitution. --History.


Slaves--Emancipation--United States.


United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.


Electronic books.

E457.2 / .S27 2015

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