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Publisher: Journals Gateway
The New England Quarterly (2008) 81 (3): 462–488.
Published: 01 September 2008
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The Civil War challenged historian George Bancroft's faith in the United States as a beacon of freedom for the world. Interpreting the war as a trial inflicted by God for the purpose of purging slavery from American society, Bancroft took it upon himself to spur Abraham Lincoln toward emancipation.