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Selected Works of Edna Greene Medford
Article
Lincoln and the Constitutional Dilemma of Emancipation
OAH Magazine of History (2007)
  • Edna Greene Medford, Howard University
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Abstract
On the afternoon of January 1,1863, following nearly two years of bloody civil war, Abraham Lincoln set in motion events that would reconnect the detached cord of Union and that would begin to reconcile the nation's practices to its avowed democratic principles.
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Publication Date
January, 2007
Publisher Statement
Published by: Organization of American Historians
Citation Information
Edna Greene Medford. "Lincoln and the Constitutional Dilemma of Emancipation" OAH Magazine of History Vol. 21 Iss. 1 (2007)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/edna_medford/2/