Lincoln on Race and Slavery

Contents......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 16
Abraham Lincoln on Race and Slavery......Page 18
1 Protest in Illinois Legislature on Slavery March 3, 1837......Page 72
2 Address Before theY oung Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois January 27, 1838......Page 74
3 AL to Mary Speed September 27, 1841......Page 80
4 Temperance Address February 22, 1842......Page 82
5 AL to Williamson Durley October 3, 1845......Page 87
6 AL to Josephus Hewett February 13, 1848......Page 91
7 Speech at Worcester, Massachusetts September 12, 1848......Page 94
8 Remarks and Resolution Introduced in United States House of Representatives Concerning Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia January 10, 1849......Page 97
9 Eulogy on Henry Clay & January 4, 1855, Outline for Speech to the Colonization Society July 6, 1852......Page 102
10 H on A Lincoln’s Address, Before the Springfield Scott Club , in Reply to Judge Douglas’ Richmond Speech August 14 and 26, 1852......Page 114
11 Fragments on Slavery July 1, 1854......Page 119
12 Speech at Bloomington, Illinois September 12, 1854......Page 122
13 Speech at Peoria, Illinois October 16, 1854......Page 127
14 AL to Ichabod Codding November 27, 1854......Page 140
15 AL to Owen Lovejoy August 11, 1855......Page 142
16 AL to George Robertson August 15, 1855......Page 144
17 AL to Joshua F. Speed August 24, 1855......Page 148
18 Speech at Kalamazoo, Michigan August 27, 1856......Page 155
19 AL to Newton Deming and George P. Strong May 25, 1857......Page 161
20 Speech at Springfield, Illinois June 26, 1857......Page 163
21 A House Divided, Speech at Springfield, Illinois June 16, 1858......Page 174
22 AL to John L. Scripps June 23, 1858......Page 178
 23 Fragment on the Struggle Against Slavery July, 1858......Page 180
24 Speech at C hicago, Illinois July 10, 1858......Page 182
25 Speech at Springfield, Illinois July 17, 1858......Page 190
26 Speech at Lewistown, Illinois August 17, 1858......Page 195
27 First Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Ottawa, Illinois August 21, 1858......Page 198
28 Second Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Freeport, Illinois August 27, 1858......Page 208
29 Speech at Carlinville, Illinois August 31, 1858......Page 214
30 Speech at Clinton, Illinois September 2, 1858......Page 220
31 Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois September 11, 1858......Page 223
32 Fourth Debate with Stephen A. Douglas September 18, 1858......Page 227
33 Fragment on Pro-slavery Theology October 1, 1858......Page 231
34 Seventh and Last Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Alton, Illinois, & October 18, 1858, AL to James N. Brown October 15, 1858......Page 234
35 AL to Salmon P. Chase June 9, 1859......Page 245
 36 Speech at Columbus, Ohio September 16, 1859......Page 248
37 Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio September 17, 1859......Page 258
38 Fragment on Free Labor September 17, 1859......Page 262
39 Address at the Cooper Institute, New York City February 27, 1860......Page 264
40 Speech at Hartford, Connecticut March 5, 1860......Page 273
41 AL to John A. Gilmer December 15, 1860......Page 281
42 First Inaugural Address March 4, 1861......Page 285
43 AL to Orville H. Browning September 22, 1861......Page 289
44 Message to Congress March 6, 1862......Page 293
45 AL to James A. McDougall March 14, 1862......Page 296
46 AL to Horace Greeley & April 16, 1862, Message to Congress March 24, 1862......Page 299
47 Appeal to Border State Representatives to Favor Compensated Emancipation July 12, 1862......Page 302
48 Address on Colonization to a Deputation of Negroes August 14, 1862......Page 306
 49 AL to Horace Greeley August 22, 1862......Page 313
50 Reply to Emancipation Memorial Presented by Chicago Christians of All Denominations September 13, 1862......Page 316
51 Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation September 22, 1862......Page 321
52 Annual Message to Congress December 1, 1862......Page 326
53 Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863......Page 336
54 AL to Andrew Johnson March 26, 1863......Page 341
55 Resolution on Slavery April 15, 1863......Page 343
56 AL to John M. Schofield June 22, 1863......Page 345
57 Order of Retaliation July 30, 1863......Page 347
58 AL to Nathaniel P. Banks August 5, 1863......Page 350
59 AL to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant August 9, 1863......Page 353
60 AL to James C. Conkling August 26, 1863......Page 355
61 Fragment August 26, 1863......Page 361
62 Annual Message to Congress December 8, 1863......Page 363
 63 Reply to New York Workingmen’s Democratic Republican Association March 21, 1864......Page 366
64 AL to Albert G. Hodges April 4, 1864......Page 369
65 AL to Edwin M. Stanton May 17, 1864......Page 373
66 Interview with Alexander W. Randall and Joseph T. Mills August 18, 1864......Page 376
67 Resolution Submitting the Thirteenth Amendment to the States February 1, 1865......Page 379
68 Second Inaugural Address March 4, 1865......Page 381
69 Speech to One Hundred Fortieth Indiana Regiment March 17, 1865......Page 384
70 Last Public Address April 11, 1865......Page 387
Appendix: Lincoln, Race, and Humor......Page 392
Index......Page 400