Review Essay: Law and Order in Lincoln’s America
by Mark S. SchantzReview Essay: Law and Order in Lincoln’s America Mark S. Schantz Writing in The American Historical Review in October 1972, historian Philip Shaw Paludan reflected on the forces that propelled the United States into civil war. It was easy enough, he thought, to understand why the South seceded in the days after Abraham Lincoln’s […]
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Lincoln & the Franchise
by M. Kelly TilleryLincoln & the Franchise M. Kelly Tillery, Esq. “The most fundamental right in America is the right to vote—and to have it counted. And it’s under assault. In state after state, new laws have been passed, not only to suppress the vote, but to subvert entire elections. We cannot let this happen.” Joseph R. Biden, […]
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An Interview with Burrus M. Carnahan
by Burrus M. CarnahanAn Interview with Burrus M. Carnahan regarding His Book Act of Justice: Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and the Law of War (University Press of Kentucky, 2007) By Sara Gabbard Sara Gabbard: Much has been written about the Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln’s decision to issue it. How is your book different and what does it add? Burrus […]
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Lincoln’s Domestic Policy
by Jon D. SchaffToward a More Modest Conception of the Presidency by Jon D. Schaff Charles and Mary Beard, in The Rise of American Civilization, make the claim that the Civil War constituted a “Second American Revolution.” The noted historian James McPherson, in his book self-consciously titled Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, echoes the Beards’ conclusion. […]
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