America's original sin: white supremacy, John Wilkes Booth, and the Lincoln assassination

"The author identifies John Wilkes Booth's primary motivation for killing Abraham Lincoln as a growing commitment to white supremacy as an ideology rather than as a political loyalty to the Confederacy. Through alternate chapters, the author shows how Lincoln's increasing acceptance o...

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Main Author: Rhodehamel, John (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press [2021]
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Summary:"The author identifies John Wilkes Booth's primary motivation for killing Abraham Lincoln as a growing commitment to white supremacy as an ideology rather than as a political loyalty to the Confederacy. Through alternate chapters, the author shows how Lincoln's increasing acceptance of emancipation and racial equality exacerbated Booth's hatred for Lincoln"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description:470 Seiten Illustrationen

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