[Grad_history_students] FW: Eric Foner, October 27: The Fiery Trial, Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

[Sylvester, Roshanna]

MA in History students,

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.

All the best,
Dr. S

Roshanna P. Sylvester, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor and
 Graduate Program Director
Department of History 
DePaul University  
rsylvest at depaul.edu
773-325-7825 (phone)




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Subject: Eric Foner, October 27: The Fiery Trial, Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
 
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

Wednesday, October 27, 6:00 pm
Speaker: Eric Foner, Columbia University

Historian Eric Foner tells the story of Lincoln's---and the 
nation's---transformation through the crucible of slavery and 
emancipation. Foner follows the trajectory of Lincoln's career across an 
increasingly tense and shifting political terrain from Illinois to 
Washington, D.C. Lincoln rose to leadership in the new Republican Party 
by calibrating his politics to the broadest possible antislavery 
coalition. As president of a divided nation at war, displaying a similar 
compound of pragmatism and principle, Lincoln finally embraced what he 
called the Civil War's "fundamental and astounding" result: the 
immediate, uncompensated abolition of slavery and recognition of blacks 
as American citizens. Foner's Lincoln emerges as a leader, one whose 
greatness lies in his capacity for moral and political growth through 
real engagement with allies and critics alike. This powerful work will 
transform our understanding of the nation's greatest president and the 
issue that mattered most.

Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia 
University. In his teaching and scholarship, Foner focuses on the Civil 
War and Reconstruction, slavery, and nineteenth-century America.

This event is co-sponsored by the Newberry Library's A.C. McClurg Bookstore
Admission is free and no reservations are required.


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