The long and turning Path to the abolition of American slavery has often been attributed to the equivocations and inconsistencies of Antislavery leaders, including Lincoln himself.
Lincoln adopted the Antislavery view that the Constitution made freedom the rule i.
The linchpin of Antislavery for Lincoln was the Constitution of the United States.
But James Oakes\'s brilliant history of Lincoln\'s Antislavery strategies reveals a striking consistency and commitment extending over many years.
The long and turning Path to the abolition of American slavery has often been attributed to the equivocations and inconsistencies of Antislavery leaders, including Lincoln himself