A New Look At Abraham Lincoln His Agenda Summary

DiLorenzo, Thomas J. The Real Lincoln A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2003.

The Real Lincoln A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War, by Thomas J. Dilorenzo is an informative and noteworthy book about America’s sixteenth president Abraham Lincoln. The book takes an in-depth look at Lincoln’s authentic agenda as president and what his true intentions behind his need for a costly and bloody war. This novel will also give a better look at Lincolns true nature toward the African American community of The United States, both enslaved and free. Was the war even necessary since it was perfectly okay for state secession and not treason as many believe. This

In fact, in August of 1861 when Union General John Fremont adopted martial law in Missouri stating that anyone resisting the Federal army would have their slaves freed, Lincoln nullified it and even striped Fremont of his position (33-34). Lincoln continued to show that he very well never had any intentions of freeing the slaves with his acts against emancipation such as this. His entire position on slavery relied entirely on saving the Union. The facts of this in DiLorenzo book is unwavering and solid on this from the continued testimony of historical

The author goes on to say that even the fourteenth amendment was used to centralize the government. “Congress blackmailed the Southern states into passing the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution by prohibiting congressional representation by those states unless they ratified the amendment” (207). Lincoln overstepped his authority furthermore by centralizing the government by his use of tax dollars and allowing the Secretary of Treasury to issue paper money (245-252). The ability of Lincoln doing these things does make one question his duty to the Constitution. Chapters eight and nine bring a lot of light to Lincolns government spending during and after the