Sovereign of a free people : Abraham Lincoln, majority rule, and slavery / James H. Read.
| Author/creator | Read, James H., 1958- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2023] |
| Description | 400 pages : map ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Abraham Lincoln, majority rule, and slavery |
| Series | American political thought American political thought. ^A252954 |
| Contents | The only true sovereign of a free people -- "We divide into majorities and minorities" -- "The capability of a people to govern themselves" -- From Kansas-Nebraska to house divided -- "Of strange, discordant, and even hostile elements" : building an antislavery electoral majority -- "The plank is large enough" : Lincoln on race, colonization, and coexistence -- "In course of ultimate extinction" : strategy and obstacles to peacefully ending slavery -- "To declare the right, so that enforcement might follow" : Lincoln's reconstruction of natural right. |
| Abstract | "Sovereign of a Free People examines Lincoln's defense of majority rule, his understanding of its capabilities and limitations, and his hope that slavery could be peacefully and gradually extinguished through the action of a committed national majority. James Read argues that Lincoln offered an innovative account of the interplay between majorities and minorities in the context of crosscutting issues and shifting public opinion-an account that is particularly timely today, with a new minority threatening violence in response to a valid election with which it was dissatisfied"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Read, James H., 1958- Sovereign of a free people Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2023 9780700634781 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2022042591 |
| ISBN | 9780700634774 |
| ISBN | 0700634770 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |