RaveThe New York Times Book ReviewFoner tackles what would seem to be an obvious topic, Lincoln and slavery, and manages to cast new light on it ... Because of his broad-ranging knowledge of the 19th century, Foner is able to provide the most thorough and judicious account of Lincoln’s attitudes toward slavery that we have to date ... More cogently than any previous historian, Foner examines the political events that shaped Lincoln and ultimately brought out his true greatness.
