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Informationen zum Autor Brooks D. Simpson is the author of several books on the Civil War and Reconstruction era, including Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of war and Reconstruction, 1861-1868 (1991), The Political Education of Henry Adams (1996), and America's Civil War (1996). He is a professor of history and humanities at Arizona State University. Klappentext In the hope of shedding light on questions that continue to spark debate among historians and students of Lincoln, Brooks Simpson presents Think Anew, Act Anew, a concise and inventively annotated collection of documents written by Abraham Lincoln that focus on the interrelated themes of slavery, union, emancipation, and reconstruction. How did Lincoln define equality? How did he harmonize his rejection of slavery as immoral with his toleration of it where it existed? What were his views on race, and did they change over time? What did freedom mean to him? This unique selection of Lincoln's own words offers readers a chance to explore for themselves how Lincoln understood the prevailing concerns of his America. Professor Simpson provides contextual information in introductions to each of the book's eight chapters and all sixty-four documents are preceded by a brief note. Zusammenfassung In the hope of shedding light on questions that continue to spark debate among historians and students of Lincoln! Brooks Simpson presents Think Anew! Act Anew! a concise and inventively annotated collection of documents written by Abraham Lincoln that focus on the interrelated themes of slavery! union! emancipation! and reconstruction. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments xi Principal Dates in the Life of Abraham Lincoln xii Introduction 1 Chapter One the Monstrous Injustice, 1854-1857 7 1.1 Fragment on Slavery (c. 1854-1859) 9 1.2 Speech at Peoria, Illinois, October 16, 1854 (excerpts) 10 1.3 To George Robertson, August 15, 1855 20 1.4 To Joshua F. Speed, August 24, 1855 21 1.5 Speech at Springfield, Illinois, June 26, 1857 (excerpts) 25 Chapter Two The Debate with Douglas, 1858 28 2.1 Speech at Springfield, Illinois, June 16 1858 (The "House Divided" Speech) 30 2.2 Speech at Springfield, Illinois, July 17, 1858 (excerpts) 37 2.3 Speech at Freeport, Illinois, August 27, 1858 (Second Lincoln Douglas Debate; excerpt) 38 2.4 Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois, September 11, 1858 (excerpts) 42 2.5 Speech at Charleston, Illinois, September 18, 1858 (Fourth Lincoln-Douglas Debate; excerpt) 44 2.6 To James N. Brown, October 18, 1858 46 Chapter Three Stand By Our Principles, 1859-1860 48 3.1 Speech at Chicago, Illinois, March 1, 1859 (excerpt) 49 3.2 Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 17, 1859 (excerpts) 52 3.3 Address at Cooper Institute, New York City, February 27, 1860 56 Chapter Four Preserving the Union, 1860-1862 73 4.1 To William Kellogg, December 11, 1860 76 4.2 To John A./ Gilmer, December 15, 1860 76 4.3 To Thurlow Weed, December 17, 1860 78 4.4 To Alexander H. Stephens, December 22, 1860 78 4.5 To James T. Hale, January 11, 1861 79 4.6 First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861 80 4.7 Message to Congress, July 4, 1861 88 4.8 To Orville H. Browning, September 22, 1861 101 4.9 First Annual Message, December 3, 1861 (excerpt) 103 4.10 Message to Congress, March 6, 1862 105 4.11 Proclamation Revoking David Hunter's Emancipation Order, May 19, 1862 106 Chapter Five The Winding Road to Emancipation, 1862-1863 109 5.1 Remarks to Border State Representatives, July 12, 1862 113 5.2 Draft of Emancipation Proclamation, July 22, 1862 115 5.3 To Reverdy Johnson, July 26, 1862 116 ...
