Month: January 2021

As we continued to research, there were three articles written by Chandra Manning, Dorothy Ross and Manisha Sinha that caught my attention. All three articles focus on Abraham Lincoln. Each article has its own thesis question which is answered by the author.  

Manning’s article focuses on the shifting attitudes towards Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation. Ross’s articles explain “the ethical dimension of the story is always prominent, and since the 1960s, it has been influentially portrayed as the gradual, halting, but growing triumph of universalist liberal and Christian principles”.[1] The last article is by Manisha Sinha and focuses on the evolution of Lincoln’s views on slavery and race.

Manning, Chandra. “The Shifting Terrain of Attitudes Toward Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation.” Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association 34, no. 1 (2013): 18-39.

Ross, Dorothy. “Lincoln and the Ethics of Emancipation: Universalism, Nationalism, Exceptionalism.” In Abraham Lincoln and Liberal Democracy, edited by Buccola Nicholas, 73-109. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2016.

Sinha, Manisha. “Did He Die an Abolitionist? The Evolution of Abraham Lincoln’s Antislavery.” American Political Thought 4, no. 3 (2015): 439-54.

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[1] Dorothy Ross, “Lincoln and the Ethics of Emancipation: Universalism, Nationalism, Exceptionalism”, (In Abraham Lincoln and Liberal Democracy, edited by Buccola Nicholas, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2016), 73

The institution of slavery divided this nation still felt today. Many scholars have written books and dissertation about this issue. Diane Miller and Jeremy Prichard were no different. These two scholars wrote on the subject of slavery but in different methods.

Miller dissertation focuses on the relationship between Native Americans tribes and African Americans. Her research examines how slaves seeking bondage found help and disdain depending on the tribe or location. Whereas, Prichard Dissertation focuses on Abraham Lincoln and Springfield, Illinois relationship. His research examines how when Lincoln left Springfield; he barely won the popular vote. But, after his death, the city welcomed him as a “savior”. 

Bibliography

Miller, Diane. “Wyandot, Shawnee, and African American Resistance to Slavery in Ohio and Kansas.” Order No. 27663269, The University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 2019. In PROQUESTMS ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.

Prichard, Jeremy. “In Lincoln’s Shadow: The Civil War in Springfield, Illinois.” Order No. 3682546, University of Kansas, 2014. In PROQUESTMS ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.