Copyright © 1998 by FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS All rights reserved. ISBN 0-8232-1768-X (hardcover) ISBN 0-8232-1769-8 (paperback) ISSN 1089-8719 LC 97-9935 The North's Civil War, No. 2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Belz, Herman Abraham Lincoln, constitutionalism, and equal rights in the Civil War era / by Herman Belz. p. cm.--(The North's Civil War, ISSN 1089-8719; no. 2) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8232-1768-X (hardcover).--ISBN 0-8232-1769-8 (pbk.) 1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Views on the Constitution. 2. United States--Politics and government--1861-1865. 3. United States--Constitutional history. 4. Afro-Americans--Civil rights--History--19th century. 5. Equality before the law--United States--History--19th century. 6. Reconstruction. I. Title. II. Series. E457.2.B38 1998 973.7--dc21 97-9935 CIP Printed in the United States of America -iv- |