121108_HIST_Lincoln.jpg.CROP.rectangle3-largeProf. Lou Masur appears in the New York Times online opinion page (January 1, 2013):

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/01/opinion/how-many-slaves-work-for-you.html?ref=opinion&_r=0

"How Great an Emancipator? Does Lincoln get too much credit for freeing the slaves—or not enough?" (Slate)
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/history/2012/11/lincoln_and_slavery_does_steven_spielberg_s_movie_tell_the_whole_story.html