The Real Lincoln : A New Look At Abraham Lincoln

Knowing what was going on during this time we are able to understand Douglass’ epideictic discourse. He begins with creating a common bond between him and the audience. As he gets further into his address is when he brings up the issues that come with having to discuss Lincoln’s legacy. He uses anaphora, antithesis, and metaphor to accomplish his goal of acknowledging that Lincoln’s legacy has been reconstructed to black americans. He also uses hypotaxis to help also accomplish this goal

Second, I will describe the life of the two protagonists, who have contributed in changing lifestyles in a better way for slaves, despite the difficulties of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Both men were born in a very poor family, they also lived in the same period, and that both have lost their mothers in their early age, similarity between these two characters is that they are self-educated, were intelligent, and spent their young adulthood on farm. Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass have been people who have

In Thomas J. DiLorenzo’s book, The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War, he reveals the truth about Abraham Lincoln and attempts to get rid of the myths that many have told. He reveals the agenda of Lincoln and the real purpose behind the Civil War. One question that some have is why did it take a war to end slavery? In the book it is stated that, “dozens of countries… ended slavery peacefully during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries”(x). Many argue the fact that Lincoln was against slavery but in DiLorenzo’s book he argues that Lincoln was very much supportive of slavery (x). DiLorenzo explains the real agenda behind Abraham Lincoln and what he stood for.

Abraham Lincoln is by far our most revered president in the history of the United States. He had a strong moral vision of where his country must go to preserve and enlarge the rights of all her people, but he was also a good man with a strong sense of character and a great discipline in the art of law; and he sought to continue the great and mighty legacy of the Constitution. He believed that the Founding Fathers had drawn up the Constitution without the mention of slavery because they felt that it would later die of a natural death. He would soon learn that that would not be the case.

Oates, Stephen B. Abraham Lincoln the Man behind the Myths. New York: Harper & Row, 1984. Print.

Abraham Lincoln’s presidential career was full of questionable actions. Thomas DiLorenzo author of, The Real Lincoln discusses Lincoln’s actions regarding racism, his refusal to emancipate the slaves, his continual tendency to act independently of Congress, and his radical reconstruction after the Civil War. DiLorenzo attacks each of these topics in his book and proves that Lincoln had his own agenda, and was not the picture perfect president everybody thought that he was.

In his address, President Lincoln spoke of a different kind of freedom than what many may be led to believe. He did not talk about freedom from taxes or labor but the real reason the most crucial war America has faced yet was fought. It was hatred toward racial discrimination and slavery for which countless

President Abraham Lincoln was put into office March 4, 1861, and this would be the start of a significant change for America. Many people see Lincoln as one of the best presidents that was in office for America, but others have opposing views on how he was not the best president in office. In Lucas E. Morel’s, “Lincoln, Race, and the Spirit of ‘76”, he expresses, “Many people who consider Abraham Lincoln the greatest American president would be surprised to discover that he endorsed black colonizations, did not promote civil and political equality for blacks in the free state of Illinois” (3). By having Lucas E. Morel expressing that, “endorsed black colonizations” and “not promote civil and political equality” shows two ways of how Lincoln was great, but at the same time was not. If Lincoln allowed black colonizations he would demonstrate equality for them, since the freed slaves are still not being treated well. On the positive side, Lincoln was still able to make slaves independent in America which shows how Lincoln affected slavery. As one can see,, Lincoln does not correspond with slavery since he does not see it as a justified act. At the moment in America, human equality was not justified because of slavery. Lincoln wanted to make a change in America and wanted to make sure human equality was justified. In Lucas E. Morel’s, Lincoln, Race, and the Spirit of ‘76, he indicates that, “Lincoln saw this repudiation of human equality as the greatest threat to preserving

The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War is arranged in chronological order starting in 1831 and reaching 1863. The Footnotes/endnotes were very helpful and went into more detailed information about the subject. The author used both primary and secondary sources throughout this book. The tables shown in the book are found on pages 107-109. These tables depict the Selected Northern Editorials on Secession. It lists some of the newspaper articles that deal with secession, the date they were published and the editorial statement that talks about

Thomas J. Dilorenzo is the author of the book The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War. Dr. Dilorenzo is an economics professor at the Sellinge School of Business and management, where he published over eleven books. His focus is mostly on economic history and political economics. It became evident to Thomas that the teachings at the college defied the common belief of the purpose behind the Civil War. After giving a speech on the subject in 1997, Former Prima Publishing acquisitions editor Steven Martin suggested writing a book on the subject. With funding, Dilorenzo published his book that supposedly unmasks the truth of who Lincoln was. Despite his sources being reasonable, directly from the lessons taught at his school, it does not exactly mean an economics professor is capable of making an accurate book on historical accounts. If he personally discussed it with a historian or mentioned history professors as a source rather than simply saying the lessons, the book may be more credible to what he has to say. But the fact that he did use a reasonable lead in his research does at least mean his opinion can be a respectable opinion.

Even though he naively believed that white men were the supreme race, he was staunchly against slavery as an institution and felt that the Declaration of Independence included black persons. In the same debate, Lincoln goes on to state that he “[does] not perceive that because the white man is to have the superior position the Negro should be denied every thing” (Lincoln). He believed that ‘the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,’ as outlined in the Declaration of Independence, applies to all men, regardless of their color, ethnicity, or culture. This may be attributed to the fact that he had not had many encounters with Black slaves until when he was in his late teens, where it had a profound impact on him (Foner 8).

Abraham Lincoln is by far our most revered president in the history of the United States. He had a strong moral vision of where his country must go to preserve and enlarge the rights of all her people, but he was also a good man with a strong sense of character and a great discipline in the art of law; and he sought to continue the great and mighty legacy of the Constitution. He believed that the Founding Fathers had drawn up the Constitution without the mention of slavery because they felt that it would later die of a natural death. He would soon learn that that would not be the case.

“The Real Lincoln contains undeniable evidence that a more appropriate title for Abraham Lincoln is not the Great Emancipator, but the Great Centralizer.” - Walter E. Williams.

Abraham Lincoln was seen as two extremes, either a hero fighting for the end of a satanic institution, or as a tyrant seeking to divide and destroy a necessity of life. With the United States on the brink of a civil war, Lincoln took office in the hardest time imaginable, but no better man could have been President during this difficult time, both sides drastically tried to avoid war, but it was inevitable (Bredhoff). Lincoln is considered to be the best President as accomplishments go, with repairing the nation and ending slavery as a whole (Bruns). Lincoln outlined the similarities of both of sides of the conflict, saying “Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God”, as he also pointed out the differences, “It may seem strange

Abraham Lincoln, son of Thomas and Nancy Lincoln, was born February 12, 1809. He grow up in Hodgenville, Kentucky in a period when slavery was legal. His father Thomas did not approve slavery reason why his family didn’t own any slaves. Thomas Lincoln move to Indiana in 1816 with is family and two years later his wife died of milk sickness. The life in Indiana not being what they wanted Thomas then decided to move is family to Illinois. We have to know where Abraham came from in order to understand is political orientation in order to be able to make a judgment on what he may have or not done right and wrong.