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.
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