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.