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30 de sept. de 2010 · A picture caption on Oct. 3 with a review about “The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery,” by Eric Foner, included an erroneous date and description of a portrait of Lincoln and ...
Hace 4 días · (Indeed, The Fiery Trial strikes an admirable balance between trying to shift the focus of what might otherwise look like a normal Lincoln biography or general history of the period towards questions of race and slavery, whilst not forgetting the man himself, or sacrificing the flow of the narrative for an unduly narrow definition of what should come under the rubric).
ERIC FONER. THE FIERY TRIAL: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND AMERICAN SLAVERY. In April 1876, Frederick Douglass delivered a celebrated oration at the unveiling of the Freedmen’s Monument in Washington, D.C., a statue that depicted Abraham Lincoln conferring freedom on a kneeling slave. “No man,” the great black abolitionist remarked, “can say ...
26 de sept. de 2011 · "The Fiery Trial" delves deeply into Lincoln's views on slavery, and traces his attitudes as they evolve from his early years right up through his last speech as President. As it is often assumed that Lincoln was an abolitionist, this book shows clearly that he was not. In fact, his views on African Americans would shock most Americans today.
- Eric Foner
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery is a nonfiction book by writer Eric Foner. In this book, Foner examines Lincoln's thoughts and attitudes toward slavery from early in his life up to the moment he signed the Emancipation Proclamation and beyond. While this book is not a biography, it takes a close look at Lincoln's career ...
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, by Eric Foner (W.W. Norton & Company) Share: Twitter Facebook Email A well orchestrated examination of Lincoln's changing views of slavery, bringing unforeseeable twists and a fresh sense of improbability to a familiar story.
“A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era.”— Boston Globe , The Fiery Trial, Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, Eric Foner, 9780393340662
