"What shall we do with the Negro?" [electronic resource] : Lincoln, white racism, and Civil War America / Paul D. Escott.
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TextPublication details: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.Description: xviii, 304 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., portsSubject(s): - Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Relations with African Americans
- Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century
- African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century
- Race -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Racism -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Whites -- United States -- Attitudes -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- 973.7092 22
- E457.2 .E73 2009
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The North confronts the question -- War's proving ground -- Amnesty, apprenticeship, and the freedmen's future -- Politics, emancipation, and Black rights -- Slavery, war, and the slaveholder's mind -- Heresy, dogma, and the Confederate debate -- The Hampton Roads conference -- 1865 and beyond -- Appendix: a brief, additional note on a vast historiography.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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