Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln, Including the Lincoln-Douglas Debate

This volume assembles a chronological selection of speeches and debate texts by Abraham Lincoln, including the Cooper Institute address, the First and Second Inaugurals, the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Lincoln-Douglas debate exchanges. Short biographical sketches of both Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas and portrait illustrations accompany the texts, while editorial introductions clarify constitutional arguments, the politics of slavery, and the rhetorical strategies Lincoln employed to address national unity, legal principles, and moral questions.