Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney: Slavery, Secession, and the President’s War Powers
James F. Simon
336 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 074325032X
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Language: English
Publish: November 7, 2006
American Civil WarAmerican HistoryBiographyCivil WarHistoryLawNonfictionPoliticsPresidents
Traces the political and personal clashes between the sixteenth president and his Chief Justice, profiling their disparate views about African-American rights, the South’s legal ability to secede, and presidential constitutional powers during wartime. 40,000 first printing.