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Lincoln and the Bluegrass: Slavery and Civil War in Kentucky

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Availability:In StockContributor:William H. TownsendPublish date:1990-06-04Pages:468
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813101965ISBN-10:813101964UPC:9780813101965Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:8.48 x 5.52 x 1.01 inchesWeight:1.2103Product ID:SCY0YXBKHF

The Bluegrass region of Kentucky was the only part of the slaveholding South Abraham Lincoln knew intimately. How the cultural environment of Lexington, the home of Lincoln's wife, with its pleasure-loving aristocracy, its distinguished political leaders, and its slave auctions shaped his opinions on slavery and secession is traced in these pages.

In this city, early known as the "Athens of the West," Lincoln's alliance with the Todd family widened his circle of acquaintances to include such diverse personalities as the fiery Cassius M. Clay, who urged immediate emancipation; Dr. Robert J. Breckinridge, courageous Presbyterian minister, and the doctor's nephew, John C. Breckinridge, who took up arms against Lincoln after his election to the presidency.

Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813101965ISBN-10:813101964UPC:9780813101965Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:8.48 x 5.52 x 1.01 inchesWeight:1.2103Product ID:SCY0YXBKHF

William H. Townsend early began to collect Civil War materials. Today he owns one of the largest private collections of Lincolniana in the United States, and has written four other books on Lincoln.


Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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