Our Secret Constitution: How Lincoln Redefined American Democracy

Our Secret Constitution: How Lincoln Redefined American Democracy

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-304

  Fletcher, George P ^a  

^a The Earth Institute at Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Abraham Lincoln; Civil war; Constitutional law; Equality; Gettysburg address; Legal history; Reconstruction; Slavery; Supreme court; U.S. constitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922431875     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0195156285.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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