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Product Identifiers
PublisherJohnson Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-100874850851
ISBN-139780874850857
eBay Product ID (ePID)102946421
Product Key Features
Book TitleForced Into Glory : Abraham Lincoln's White Dream
Number of Pages652 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSociology / General, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Presidents & Heads of State, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year2000
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorLerone Bennett Jr.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.7 in
Item Weight35.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-049496
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal973.7/14
SynopsisBeginning with the argument that the Emancipation Proclamation did not actually free African American slaves, this dissenting view of Lincoln's greatness surveys the president's policies, speeches, and private utterances and concludes that he had little real interest in abolition. Pointing to Lincoln's support for the fugitive slave laws, his friendship with slave-owning senator Henry Clay, and conversations in which he entertained the idea of deporting slaves in order to create an all-white nation, the book, concludes that the president was a racist at heart--and that the tragedies of Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era were the legacy of his shallow moral vision., Beginning with the argument that the Emancipation Proclamation did not actually free African American slaves, this dissenting view of Lincoln's greatness surveys the president's policies, speeches, and private utterances and concludes that he had little real interest in abolition. Pointing to Lincoln's support for the fugitive slave laws, his friendship with slave-owning senator Henry Clay, and conversations in which he entertained the idea of deporting slaves in order to create an all-white nation, the book, concludes that the president was a racist at heartand that the tragedies of Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era were the legacy of his shallow moral vision."
Dr. Lerone Bennett, Jr. presents a remarkable revelation of the true character and intent of one of history's most incorrectly portrayed individuals, Abraham Lincoln, the racist and tyrant who shredded our Constitution and caused the death of more than 700,000 people in the process.