Posterity will call you the great emancipator, a more enviable title than any crown could be, and greater than any merely mundane… — Giuseppe Garibaldi Copy Share Image
Whenever you think of Lincoln as a historian, in his own mind, he becomes the Great Emancipator. This is his role in… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
