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MA in History students,<BR>
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Those of you with an interest in American history, slavery, or Abraham Lincoln should attend Eric Foner's talk next week Wednesday at the Newberry Library. The event is free and open to the public. No reservations are required. Additional details are included below.<BR>
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All the best,<BR>
Dr. S<BR>
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Roshanna P. Sylvester, Ph.D.<BR>
Associate Professor and<BR>
Graduate Program Director<BR>
Department of History<BR>
DePaul University <BR>
rsylvest@depaul.edu<BR>
773-325-7825 (phone)<BR>
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From: scholl@newberry.org [<A HREF="mailto:scholl@newberry.org">mailto:scholl@newberry.org</A>]<BR>
Sent: Tue 10/19/2010 9:22 AM<BR>
To: Sylvester, Roshanna<BR>
Subject: Eric Foner, October 27: The Fiery Trial, Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery<BR>
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The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery<BR>
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Wednesday, October 27, 6:00 pm<BR>
Speaker: Eric Foner, Columbia University<BR>
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Historian Eric Foner tells the story of Lincoln's---and the<BR>
nation's---transformation through the crucible of slavery and<BR>
emancipation. Foner follows the trajectory of Lincoln's career across an<BR>
increasingly tense and shifting political terrain from Illinois to<BR>
Washington, D.C. Lincoln rose to leadership in the new Republican Party<BR>
by calibrating his politics to the broadest possible antislavery<BR>
coalition. As president of a divided nation at war, displaying a similar<BR>
compound of pragmatism and principle, Lincoln finally embraced what he<BR>
called the Civil War's "fundamental and astounding" result: the<BR>
immediate, uncompensated abolition of slavery and recognition of blacks<BR>
as American citizens. Foner's Lincoln emerges as a leader, one whose<BR>
greatness lies in his capacity for moral and political growth through<BR>
real engagement with allies and critics alike. This powerful work will<BR>
transform our understanding of the nation's greatest president and the<BR>
issue that mattered most.<BR>
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Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia<BR>
University. In his teaching and scholarship, Foner focuses on the Civil<BR>
War and Reconstruction, slavery, and nineteenth-century America.<BR>
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This event is co-sponsored by the Newberry Library's A.C. McClurg Bookstore<BR>
Admission is free and no reservations are required.<BR>
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