Lincoln and the abolitionists : John Quincy Adams, slavery, and the Civil War /
Fred Kaplan
- New York : NY Harper , 2017
- 395 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
A continual torment -- The first American martyr -- A difficult year -- A field of blood -- The distant goal -- The African mirage -- The Constitutional rag -- The ameliorative President -- Soft inducement -- The ultimate gradualists.
Explores how the differing experiences and viewpoints of two Presidents shaped slavery and race relations in America for more than a century.
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