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Lectures by William C. Fox · March 10 · 4 hr 46 min

The Problem With Abraham Lincoln

A political biography of Abraham Lincoln, exploring his potential re-founding of the United States via a 'baptism of blood' - as well as his evolving views on natural equality vs. political and social equality.★Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/williamcfox 0:00-00:00-01:07 Intro 1:08-18:36 Good v Bad Lincoln 18:37-1:25:33 Jefferson & Natural Equality 1:25:34-2:34:18 Lincoln Pre-Civil War 2:34:19-4:02:20 Political Lincoln 4:02:21-4:46:15 Baptism of Blood Sources:Blackburn. Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln: An Unfinished Revolution. 2011.Boritt. The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows. 2006.Cotton. The Greatest Speech, Ever: The Remarkable Story of Abraham Lincoln and His Gettysburg Address. 2013. 1st edition.Dunlap et al. Long Remembered: Lincoln and his five.... 2011. 1st edition.Freedman. Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship. 2012.Hirsch & Van Haften. The Ultimate Guide to the Gettysburg Address. 2016. 1st edition.Jaffa. Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates. 1959.Jaffa. A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War. 2000.Johnson. Writing the Gettysburg Address. 2013.Kendall & Carey. The Basic Symbols of the American Political Tradition. 1970 (1995 Catholic University of America Press edition).McPherson. Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution. 1991.Warren. Lincoln's Gettysburg Declaration: "A New Birth of Freedom". 1964.Wills. Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America. 1992.The Art of Abraham Lincoln by McPherson. NY Review of Books Jul 16, 1992Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln. Richard BrookhiserAbraham Lincoln. Redeemer President. 1999. Allen C. GuelzoLincoln and the Radicals. T Harry WilliamsTeam of Rivals. Doris Kearns GoodwinLord Charnwood. Abraham Liincoln.Our One Common Country. James B. Conroyprimary sources speeches and letters:Lyceum Address January 27, 1838Temperance Address February 22, 1842Eulogy on Henry Clay July 6, 1852Speech at Peoria October 16, 1854Letter to Joshua Speed August 24, 1855Speech on the Dred Scott Decision June 26, 1857"House Divided" Speech June 16, 1858"Electric Cord" Speech July 10, 1858Fragment on Democracy c. August 1858First Debate with Stephen A. Douglas August 21, 1858Fourth Debate with Stephen A. Douglas September 18, 1858Fifth Debate with Stephen A. Douglas October 7, 1858Seventh Debate with Stephen A. Douglas October 15, 1858Letter to J. N. Brown October 18, 1858Letter to Henry L. Pierce and others April 6, 1859Cooper Union Address February 27, 1860Address in Independence Hall February 22, 1861July 4th Message to Congress July 4, 1861Letter to Horace Greeley August 22, 1862Annual Message to Congress December 1, 1862The Gettysburg Address November 19, 1863Letter to Governor Michael Hahn March 13, 1864Letter to Albert G. Hodges April 4, 1864Address at Sanitary Fair (Lecture on Liberty) April 18, 1864The President's Last Public Address April 11, 1865Stock video and imagery provided by Getty Images. To hear more, visit

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A political biography of Abraham Lincoln, exploring his potential re-founding of the United States via a 'baptism of blood' - as well as his evolving views on natural equality vs. political and social equality.★Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/williamcfox

0:00-00:00-01:07 Intro

1:08-18:36 Good v Bad Lincoln

18:37-1:25:33 Jefferson & Natural Equality

1:25:34-2:34:18 Lincoln Pre-Civil War

2:34:19-4:02:20 Political Lincoln

4:02:21-4:46:15 Baptism of Blood


Sources:Blackburn. Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln: An Unfinished Revolution. 2011.Boritt. The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows. 2006.Cotton. The Greatest Speech, Ever: The Remarkable Story of Abraham Lincoln and His Gettysburg Address. 2013. 1st edition.Dunlap et al. Long Remembered: Lincoln and his five.... 2011. 1st edition.Freedman. Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship. 2012.Hirsch & Van Haften. The Ultimate Guide to the Gettysburg Address. 2016. 1st edition.Jaffa. Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates. 1959.Jaffa. A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War. 2000.Johnson. Writing the Gettysburg Address. 2013.Kendall & Carey. The Basic Symbols of the American Political Tradition. 1970 (1995 Catholic University of America Press edition).McPherson. Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution. 1991.Warren. Lincoln's Gettysburg Declaration: "A New Birth of Freedom". 1964.Wills. Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America. 1992.The Art of Abraham Lincoln by McPherson. NY Review of Books Jul 16, 1992Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln. Richard BrookhiserAbraham Lincoln. Redeemer President. 1999. Allen C. GuelzoLincoln and the Radicals. T Harry WilliamsTeam of Rivals. Doris Kearns GoodwinLord Charnwood. Abraham Liincoln.Our One Common Country. James B. Conroyprimary sources speeches and letters:Lyceum Address January 27, 1838Temperance Address February 22, 1842Eulogy on Henry Clay July 6, 1852Speech at Peoria October 16, 1854Letter to Joshua Speed August 24, 1855Speech on the Dred Scott Decision June 26, 1857"House Divided" Speech June 16, 1858"Electric Cord" Speech July 10, 1858Fragment on Democracy c. August 1858First Debate with Stephen A. Douglas August 21, 1858Fourth Debate with Stephen A. Douglas September 18, 1858Fifth Debate with Stephen A. Douglas October 7, 1858Seventh Debate with Stephen A. Douglas October 15, 1858Letter to J. N. Brown October 18, 1858Letter to Henry L. Pierce and others April 6, 1859Cooper Union Address February 27, 1860Address in Independence Hall February 22, 1861July 4th Message to Congress July 4, 1861Letter to Horace Greeley August 22, 1862Annual Message to Congress December 1, 1862The Gettysburg Address November 19, 1863Letter to Governor Michael Hahn March 13, 1864Letter to Albert G. Hodges April 4, 1864Address at Sanitary Fair (Lecture on Liberty) April 18, 1864The President's Last Public Address April 11, 1865Stock video and imagery provided by Getty Images.

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