In this landmark book, Daniel Crofts examines a little-known episode in the most celebrated aspect of Abraham Lincoln\'s life: his role as the "Great Emancipator." Lincoln always hated slavery, but he also believed it to be legal where it already existed, and he never imagined fighting a war to end it.
In 1861, as part of a last-ditch effort to preserve the Union and prevent war, the new president even offered to accept a constitutional Amendment that barred Congress from interfering with slav.
In this landmark book, Daniel Crofts examines a little-known episode in the most celebrated aspect of Abraham Lincoln\'s life: his role as the "Great Emancipator." Lincoln always hated slavery, but he also believed it to be legal where it already existed, and he never imagined fighting a war to end it