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Explores how the differing experiences and viewpoints of two Presidents shaped slavery and race relations in America for

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English Pages xvi, 395 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln : Illustrationen ; 24 cm Year 2017

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Table of contents :
A continual torment --
The first American martyr --
A difficult year --
A field of blood --
The distant goal --
The African mirage --
The Constitutional rag --
The ameliorative President --
Soft inducement --
The ultimate gradualists.

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