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001			on1155086995
003			OCoLC
005			20210211113349.0
008			200710s2021 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020			_a1324005858 _qhardcover
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100	1		_aOakes, James, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe crooked path to abolition : _bAbraham Lincoln and the antislavery Constitution / _cJames Oakes.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, N.Y. : _bW. W. Norton & Company, _c[2021]
300			_axxxii, 256 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [209]-234) and index.
505	0		_a"That glorious fabric of collected wisdom" : a brief history of the antislavery Constitution -- "Freedom is the rule, slavery is the exception" : the emergence of antislavery constitutionalism -- The antislavery project : Lincoln and antislavery politics -- "My ancient faith" : Lincoln, race, and the antislavery Constitution -- The forfeiture of rights : emancipation before the proclamation -- "A king's cure" : Lincoln and the origins of the Thirteenth Amendment.
520			_a"An award-winning scholar uncovers Lincoln's strategy for abolishing slavery in this groundbreaking history of the sectional crisis and Civil War. Some celebrate Lincoln for freeing the slaves; others fault him for a long-standing conservatism on abolition and race. James Oakes gives us another option in this brilliant exploration of Lincoln and the end of slavery. Through the unforeseen challenges of the Civil War crisis, Lincoln and the Republican party adhered to a clear antislavery strategy founded on the Constitution itself. All understood the limits to federal power in the slave states, and the need for state action to abolish slavery finally. But Lincoln and the Republicans claimed strong constitutional tools for federal action against slavery, and they used those tools consistently to undermine slavery, prevent its expansion, and pressure the slave states into abolition. This antislavery Constitution guided Lincoln and his allies as they navigated the sectional crisis and the Civil War. When the states finally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery, it was a confirmation of a long-held vision"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aLincoln, Abraham, _d1809-1865 _xPolitical and social views. _9129273
650		0	_aAntislavery movements _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century. _973431
650		0	_aSlavery _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century. _9221386
650		0	_aConstitutional history _zUnited States. _948121
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