Visits with Lincoln : abolitionists meet the president at the White House

Resource Information

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Label

Visits with Lincoln : abolitionists meet the president at the White House

Title remainder

abolitionists meet the president at the White House

Statement of responsibility

Barbara A. White

Creator

• White, Barbara A., 1942-
• White, Barbara A., 1942-

Subject

• Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Relations with African Americans
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery
• Slaves -- United States -- Emancipation
• Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• African American abolitionists -- History -- 19th century

Language

eng

Summary

Visits with Lincoln provides a balanced and readable discussion of ten abolitionists, male and female, black and white, who visited President Lincoln in the White House during the Civil War in an attempt to advance their goal of ending slavery immediately. The book paints a portrait of Lincoln through the eyes of his visitors and traces changes in his ideas and attitudes over the course of the war. The visitors include Jessie Benton Fremont, wife of Major General John Charles Fremont, the famous explorer and commander of the Union army's Department of the West; Harriet Beecher Stowe, Isabella ..

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

MiAaPQ

Dewey number

973.7092

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits

Index

index present

LC call number

E457.2

LC item number

.W45 2011

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography