The Writings of Abraham Lincoln : 1843-1858, Volume II Hardback
by Abraham Lincoln, Carl Schurz, Joseph A Choate
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"As a nation we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes.'" -Abraham Lincoln, The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume II (1905) The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume II (1843-1858) (1905) by Abraham Lincoln was edited by Arthur Brooks Lapsley and includes a variety of personal and political writing, speeches, a eulogy on Henry Clay, as well as a short autobiography.
His letter to pro-slavery friend Joshua Speed written in 1855 is rich with his anti-slavery sentiments which fueled the later Lincoln-Douglas debates found in The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume III Lincoln-Douglas Debates I (also available from Cosimo Classics).
These primary source documents are a must-read for fans of Lincoln and nineteenth century history.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:354 pages
- Publisher:Cosimo Classics
- Publication Date:19/03/1905
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- ISBN:9781646796816
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:354 pages
- Publisher:Cosimo Classics
- Publication Date:19/03/1905
- Category:
- ISBN:9781646796816