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Act of Justice
Burrus M. Carnahan
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Description for Act of Justice
Contends Lincoln was no reluctant emancipator; he wrote a truly radical document that treated Confederate slaves as an oppressed people rather than merely as enemy property. In this respect, Lincoln's proclamation anticipated the intellectual warfare tactics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln declared that as president he would "have no lawful right" to interfere with the institution of slavery. Yet less than two years later, he issued a proclamation intended to free all slaves throughout the Confederate states. When critics challenged the constitutional soundness of the act, Lincoln asserted that he was endowed "with the law of war in time of war." In Act of Justice, Burrus M. Carnahan contends Lincoln was no reluctant emancipator; he wrote a truly radical document that treated Confederate slaves as an oppressed people rather than merely as enemy ... Read more
In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln declared that as president he would "have no lawful right" to interfere with the institution of slavery. Yet less than two years later, he issued a proclamation intended to free all slaves throughout the Confederate states. When critics challenged the constitutional soundness of the act, Lincoln asserted that he was endowed "with the law of war in time of war." In Act of Justice, Burrus M. Carnahan contends Lincoln was no reluctant emancipator; he wrote a truly radical document that treated Confederate slaves as an oppressed people rather than merely as enemy ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813124636
SKU
V9780813124636
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About Burrus M. Carnahan
Burrus M. Carnahan is a professorial lecturer at George Washington University Law School. He is also a foreign affairs officer in the U.S. Department of State.
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