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Lincoln and the Bluegrass 1st Edition

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Full Title

Lincoln and the Bluegrass 1st Edition

Author(s)

William H. Townsend

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9780813148755, 9780813116877, 9780813101965, 9780813131733, 9780813188553

Publisher

The University Press of Kentucky

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

The Bluegrass region of Kentucky was the only part of the slaveholding South Abraham Lincoln knew intimately. How the cultural environment of Lexington, the home of Lincoln’s wife, with its pleasure-loving aristocracy, its distinguished political leaders, and its slave auctions shaped his opinions on slavery and secession is traced in these pages.

In this city, early known as the “Athens of the West,” Lincoln’s alliance with the Todd family widened his circle of acquaintances to include such diverse personalities as the fiery Cassius M. Clay, who urged immediate emancipation; Dr. Robert J. Breckinridge, courageous Presbyterian minister, and the doctor’s nephew, John C. Breckinridge, who took up arms against Lincoln after his election to the presidency.