Lincoln and Black Freedom

"The standard study of the most complicated, famous, and controversial chapter of Lincoln's life and leadership. No one who studies or admires Lincoln can afford to be without his landmark volume."—New York Governor Mario M. Cuomo

"Fascinating... There has never been a book quite like it."—American Historical Review

"A book whose analysis is as sharp and fresh as when it was first published. ... The best treatment I have read of how [emancipation and Union victory] became inextricably linked and how they triumphed under Lincoln's 'art of the possible' leadership where they might both have failed without such leadership."—James M. McPherson, from the Foreword

Winner of the Barondess/Lincoln Award of the New York Civil War Round Table