Abraham Lincoln : a constitutional biography

Abraham Lincoln : a constitutional biography /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anastaplo, George, 1925-2014
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [1999]
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political career before 1861.
1783-1865
The Constitution.
Constitutional history > United States.
Politics and government.
Constitutional history.
Political and social views.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The Declaration of Independence: an introduction
  • The Declaration of Independence: on rights and duties
  • The Northwest Ordinance
  • Slavery and the Federal Convention of 1787
  • The common law and the organization of government
  • Alexis de Tocqueville on democracy in America
  • John C. Calhoun and slavery
  • Southern Illinois's Abraham Lincoln
  • The poetry of Abraham Lincoln
  • The "House divided" speech
  • The Lincoln-Douglas debates
  • The first inaugural address
  • The Fourth of July message to Congress
  • The Emancipation Proclamation
  • The Gettysburg Address
  • The second inaugural address
  • Abraham Lincoln's legacies.

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