Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction xiii
5. PART 1: LINCOLN AND THE PROBLEMS OF EMANCIPATION
6. 1. Lincoln and the Problem of Race: A Decade of Interpretations 1
7. 2. Lincoln's Constitutional Dilemma: Emancipation and Black Suffrage 21
8. 3. Abraham Lincoln and the Politics of Black Colonization 35
9. 4. Abraham Lincoln and the Recruitment of Black Soldiers 57
10. 5. Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: Another Debate 69
11. PART 2: LINCOLN AND PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS
12. 6. Lincoln's Wartime Leadership: The First Hundred Days 89
13. 7. The Hedgehog and the Foxes 106
14. 8. Abraham Lincoln and the Border States 122
15. 9. Lincoln and Chase, a Reappraisal 156
16. 10. Lincoln and Seward in Civil War Diplomacy: Their Relationship at the Outset Reexamined 170
17. 11. Lincoln and Congress: Why Not Congress and Lincoln? 192
18. 12. Two War Leaders: Lincoln and Davis 210
19. PART 3: THE LINCOLN LEGACY
20. 13. Lincoln, the Rule of Law, and the American Revolution 231
21. 14. The Use and Misuse of the Lincoln Legacy 242
22. About the Contributors 253
23. About the Editor 257
24. Index 259