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Start giftingRedeeming the Great Emancipator
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Learn moreThe larger-than-life image Abraham Lincoln projects across the screen of American history owes much to his role as the Great Emancipator during the Civil War. Yet this noble aspect of Lincoln's identity is precisely the dimension that some historians have cast into doubt. Redeeming the Great Emancipator enumerates Lincoln's anti-slavery credentials, showing that a deeply held belief in the God-given rights of all people steeled the president in his commitment to emancipation and his hope for racial reconciliation. Emancipation did not achieve complete freedom for American slaves, nor was Lincoln entirely above some of the racial prejudices of his time. Nevertheless, his conscience and moral convictions far outweighed political calculations in ultimately securing freedom for African Americans.
Dr. Allen C. Guelzo is the Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and Director of Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Pennsylvania. His publication awards include the Lincoln Prize as well as the Abraham Lincoln Institute Prize for two of his books-making him the first double Lincoln laureate in the history of both prizes.
Will Damron is an Audie Award-nominated narrator. A native of historic Tidewater Virginia, he studied theater at Middlebury College and has performed Off-Broadway and in regional theater throughout New England and Virginia. He lives and records in Los Angeles.