Lincoln's Hundred Days : The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union / Louis P. Masur.
Masur, Louis P., author.
2012
E453
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Title Lincoln's Hundred Days : The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union / Louis P. Masur.
Author Masur, Louis P., author.
ISBN 9780674067530
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674067530
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2012]
Copyright ©2012
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource : 20 halftones in 2 b/w mock inserts
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/harvard.9780674067530 doi
Call Number E453
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.7092
Summary "The time has come now," Abraham Lincoln told his cabinet as he presented the preliminary draft of a "Proclamation of Emancipation." Lincoln's effort to end slavery has been controversial from its inception-when it was denounced by some as an unconstitutional usurpation and by others as an inadequate half-measure-up to the present, as historians have discounted its import and impact. At the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, Louis Masur seeks to restore the document's reputation by exploring its evolution. Lincoln's Hundred Days is the first book to tell the full story of the critical period between September 22, 1862, when Lincoln issued his preliminary Proclamation, and January 1, 1863, when he signed the final, significantly altered, decree. In those tumultuous hundred days, as battlefield deaths mounted, debate raged. Masur commands vast primary sources to portray the daily struggles and enormous consequences of the president's efforts as Lincoln led a nation through war and toward emancipation. With his deadline looming, Lincoln hesitated and calculated, frustrating friends and foes alike, as he reckoned with the anxieties and expectations of millions. We hear these concerns, from poets, cabinet members and foreign officials, from enlisted men on the front and free blacks as well as slaves. Masur presents a fresh portrait of Lincoln as a complex figure who worried about, listened to, debated, prayed for, and even joked with his country, and then followed his conviction in directing America toward a terrifying and thrilling unknown.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Prologue September 22 , 1862 Lincoln Tells a Story
The Path to the Preliminary Proclamation
1 Toward Emancipation
2 Messages and Measures
3 A New Departure
4 Movement
One Hundred Days
5 Judgments
6 The Reactions of Scholars and Soldiers
7 Intervention and Election Fever
8 "We Cannot Escape History"
9 Standing Firm
The Proclamation and Beyond
10 Jubilee
11 "Men of Color, To Arms!"
12 "It Can Not Be Retracted"
13 Emancipation Triumphant
Epilogue April 4, 1865 Lincoln Visits Richmond
Appendix
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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