RT Book, Whole DB /z-wcorg/ DS http://worldcat.org ID 1039332569 LA English T1 The fiery trial : Abraham Lincoln and American slavery A1 Foner, Eric., PB W.W. Norton PP New York YR 2011 SN 039334066X 9780393340662 AB Follows the life and career of Abraham Lincoln and the development of his anti-slavery sentiments, discusses his position that the institution was protected by the Constitution in the original slave states, and looks at the measured steps he took after the Kansas-Nebraska Act made the expansion of slavery a national issue.