Burchard, Peter.

Lincoln and slavery / by Peter Burchard. - 1st ed. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1999. - x, 196 p. ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-192) and index.

A biography of the sixteenth president which focuses on the issue of slavery and the importance it had throughout Lincoln's life from his early days as a lawyer through his presidency.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Views on slavery--Juvenile literature.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 --Juvenile literature.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.


United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation --Juvenile literature.


Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States--Juvenile literature.
Presidents.
Slavery.


United States--Politics and government--1861-1865--Juvenile literature.
United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.

E457.2 / .B96 1999