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
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