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5 giorni fa · All in all, The Fiery Trial provides an excellent, nuanced, and challenging account of the Great Emancipator’s struggle – meant in the broadest possible way – with slavery. No uplifting moment stands unqualified by sharp, detached observation of the limitations of Lincoln’s thoughts or deeds; no episode which jars with modern ...
2 giorni fa · Bancroft Prize. The Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas. [1] It was established in 1948, with a bequest from Frederic Bancroft, in his memory and that of his brother, diplomat and attorney, Edgar Addison Bancroft. [2] [3]
5 giorni fa · In his most recent book, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, Foner examines Abraham Lincoln’s transformation on the issues of race and slavery. In the midst of our nation’s greatest crisis, Lincoln was not only able to conduct a successful war, but he was able to come to a new understanding of freedom.
4 giorni fa · Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S.—died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the 16th president of the United States (1861–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.
2 giorni fa · The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery By Eric Foner LR Piers Brendon Looking Back The Future of History By John Lukacs LR We're Only Human Steve Fuller Man’s Best Friend Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity By Raymond Tallis LR Marek Kohn Arguments Ad Hominin The Origin of Our ...
3 giorni fa · The immediate result of Abraham Lincoln’s election to the Presidency that year was the secession of seven Deep South states followed by a Civil War that produced more than 750,000 deaths and the destruction of chattel slavery. And yet, this ‘momentous’ election is still shrouded in the fog of hindsight.
2 giorni fa · In the American Civil War, the state governments of eleven southern states, all of which permitted the practice of slavery, seceded from the United States following the election of President Abraham Lincoln and formed the Confederate States of America.
