Lincoln, Slavery and Springfield: How Public Opinion in Central Illinois Influenced Abraham Lincoln's Positions on Slavery

Mcclelland, Edward2019-12-102019-032018-11-302019Mcclelland, Edward. 2019. Lincoln, Slavery and Springfield: How Public Opinion in Central Illinois Influenced Abraham Lincoln's Positions on Slavery. Master's thesis, Harvard Extension School.http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:42004076How public opinion in Central Illinois influence Abraham Lincoln's positions on slavery, and put him in a position to become the moderate nominee for president at the 1860 Republican National Conventionapplication/pdfLincolnslaveryIllinoisLincoln, Slavery and Springfield: How Public Opinion in Central Illinois Influenced Abraham Lincoln's Positions on SlaveryThesis or Dissertation2019-12-10