Frontmatter
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART 1: LINCOLN AND THE PROBLEMS OF EMANCIPATION
1. Lincoln and the Problem of Race: A Decade of Interpretations
2. Lincoln's Constitutional Dilemma: Emancipation and Black Suffrage
3. Abraham Lincoln and the Politics of Black Colonization
4. Abraham Lincoln and the Recruitment of Black Soldiers
5. Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: Another Debate
PART 2: LINCOLN AND PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS
6. Lincoln's Wartime Leadership: The First Hundred Days
7. The Hedgehog and the Foxes
8. Abraham Lincoln and the Border States
9. Lincoln and Chase, a Reappraisal
10. Lincoln and Seward in Civil War Diplomacy: Their Relationship at the Outset Reexamined
11. Lincoln and Congress: Why Not Congress and Lincoln?
12. Two War Leaders: Lincoln and Davis
PART 3: THE LINCOLN LEGACY
13. Lincoln, the Rule of Law, and the American Revolution
14. The Use and Misuse of the Lincoln Legacy
About the Contributors
About the Editor
Index