Collaborators for Emancipation: Abraham Lincoln and Owen Lovejoy
William F. Moore
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Description for Collaborators for Emancipation: Abraham Lincoln and Owen Lovejoy
Hardback. Helps you examine the thorny issue of the pragmatism typically ascribed to Lincoln versus the radicalism of Lovejoy, and the role each played in ending slavery. Exploring the men's politics, personal traits, and religious convictions, this book traces their separate paths in life as well as their frequent interactions. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Few expected politician Abraham Lincoln and Congregational minister Owen Lovejoy to be friends when they met in 1854. One was a cautious lawyer who deplored abolitionists' flouting of the law, the other an outspoken antislavery activist who captained a stop on the Underground Railroad. Yet the two built a relationship that, in Lincoln's words, "was one of increasing respect and esteem."
In Collaborators for Emancipation: Abraham Lincoln and Owen Lovejoy, the authors examine the thorny issue of the pragmatism typically ascribed to Lincoln versus the radicalism of Lovejoy, and the role each played in ending slavery. Exploring ... Read more
Few expected politician Abraham Lincoln and Congregational minister Owen Lovejoy to be friends when they met in 1854. One was a cautious lawyer who deplored abolitionists' flouting of the law, the other an outspoken antislavery activist who captained a stop on the Underground Railroad. Yet the two built a relationship that, in Lincoln's words, "was one of increasing respect and esteem."
In Collaborators for Emancipation: Abraham Lincoln and Owen Lovejoy, the authors examine the thorny issue of the pragmatism typically ascribed to Lincoln versus the radicalism of Lovejoy, and the role each played in ending slavery. Exploring ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252038464
SKU
V9780252038464
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About William F. Moore
William F. Moore and Jane Ann Moore are co-directors of the Lovejoy Society. They edited Lovejoy’s His Brother's Blood: Speeches and Writings, 1838-64.
Reviews for Collaborators for Emancipation: Abraham Lincoln and Owen Lovejoy
"This is an important book. It helps us see the relationship between Lincoln and the Radicals with a level of detail that we do not see in books that concentrate on Lincoln alone."
Stewart Winger, author of Lincoln, Religion, and Romantic Cultural Politics "Collaborators for Emancipation is a useful corrective to those historians and others who have overemphasized Lincoln's ... Read more
Stewart Winger, author of Lincoln, Religion, and Romantic Cultural Politics "Collaborators for Emancipation is a useful corrective to those historians and others who have overemphasized Lincoln's ... Read more