Victoriano lorenzo biography of abraham lincoln

Book by Thomas DiLorenzo

The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War is a biography of Abraham Lincoln written by Thomas J.

DiLorenzo, a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland, in 2002.

Victoriano lorenzo biography of abraham lincoln

He was severely critical of Lincoln's United States presidency.

Summary

DiLorenzo criticizes Lincoln for the suspension of habeas corpus, violations of the First Amendment, war crimes committed by generals in the American Civil War, and the expansion of government power.

He argues that Lincoln's views on race exhibited forms of bigotry that are commonly overlooked today, such as belief in white racial superiority, against miscegenation, and even against black men being jurors. He says that Lincoln instigated the American Civil War not over slavery but rather to centralize power and to enforce the strongly protectionistMorrill Tariff; similarly, he criticizes Lincoln for his strong support of Henry Clay's Americ