The jewel of liberty

By David E. Long

Subjects: Presidents, Politics and government, Geschichte 1864, USA President, Election, Slaves, emancipation, united states, Präsidentenwahl, Verkiezingen, Presidents, united states, election, 19th century, USA, United states, politics and government, 1861-1865, Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865

Description: This provocative book, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, marks a milestone in Civil War and Lincoln history. Dr. David E. Long, a professor of law and history, is the first to investigate deeply the events of 1864 that eventually produced Lincoln's re-election and, with it, the emancipation of the slaves. In so doing, the author illuminates and dramatizes a moment in which the fate of democracy itself was in the balance. Never in our past has the nature and future of the nation depended so much on the ballot box, for within that box truly lay The Jewel of Liberty. - Back cover.