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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08632 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | The Lincoln catechism wherein the eccentricities and beauties of despotism are fully set forth |
| Date | 1864 |
| Author | Feeks, J. F. (fl. 1864) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | "... (title continued) A Guide to the Presidential Election of 1864." A vitriolic racist attack on Lincoln in the form of a mock catechism. A list of sarcastic questions and answers which accuse Lincoln of tyranny and the Republicans of destroying the Constitution. Title page proclaims the pamphlet is "A guide to the presidential election of 1864." Questions and answers include "By Whom hath the Constitution been made obsolete? By Abraham Africanus the First." and "What is a President? A genral agent for negroes." States the first commandment of the Republicans is "Thou shalt have no other God but the negro." Includes comments about miscegenation and freed slaves. Printed by J. F. Feeks. |
| Subjects | Government and Civics Election Politics Republican Party President Religion US Constitution Slavery African American History Sexuality Marriage Freemen |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Feeks, J. F. (fl. 1864) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; The Presidency; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |