Lincoln and the Thirteenth Amendment /Christian G. Samito.

Samito, Christian G.

Lincoln and the Thirteenth Amendment /Christian G. Samito. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource. - Concise Lincoln library .

Includes bibliographies 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.


Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States.


Electronic Books.

E457 / .L563 2015