Our own Professor Louis Masur has been published in the New York Times' Opinionator blog! Read It Very Slowly analyzes an 1863 letter from President Lincoln to James Conkling, an Illinois state representative. Masur hilights Lincoln's defense of not just the Emancipation Proclamation, but also the president's defense of black Union troops.
Please visit the Opinionator blog to read more of Masur's research into this fascinating glimpse into Lincoln's rhetorical abilities.
