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James Oakes

Author of The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics

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The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and… 101 copies, 6 reviews
The Ruling Race: A History of American Slaveholders 90 copies, 1 review
Slavery and Freedom : An Interpretation of the Old South 51 copies, 1 review
Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States,… 35 copies
Of the people : a history of the United States 13 copies
The Oakes diaries : business, politics and the family in Bury St Edmunds… 2 copies
Of the People: A Concise History of the United States, Volume II: Since… 2 copies
Of the People: A History of the Unites States: Volume II: Since 1865 1 copy

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Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World (Contributor) 55 copies, 3 reviews
American Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 4: Republicanism in the History and… (Contributor) 2 copies

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