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Author Feldman, Noah, 1970- author.

Title The broken constitution : Lincoln, slavery, and the refounding of America / Noah Feldman.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2208167~S1
Location Call No. Status
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  973.7092 FEL    AVAILABLE
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Description 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-350) and index.
Contents The compromise constitution -- The breaking constitution -- The choice of war -- Political prisoners -- Emancipation and morals.
Summary "An innovative account of Abraham Lincoln, constitutional thinker and doer"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views.
United States. Constitution.
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation.
Executive power -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Federal government -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
ISBN 9780374116644 (hardcover)
0374116644 (hardcover)
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