Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney : slavery, secession, and the president's war powers /
"The clashes between President Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney over slavery, secession, and the president's constitutional war powers went to the heart of Lincoln's presidency. Legal historian Simon brings to life the passionate struggle during the worst crisis in the nation's hi...
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2006
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Series: | Simon & Schuster Lincoln library
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Table of Contents:
- "A moonlight mind"
- "My politics are short and sweet"
- "The monstrous injustice of slavery"
- Dred Scott
- "The better angels of our nature"
- "All the laws but one"
- "A people's contest"
- Silencing the agitator.