Barbara A. White is professor emerita of women's studies at the University of New Hampshire.

Abraham Lincoln's reputation as the "Great Emancipator" tends to obscure the work of the many who worked tirelessly to secure the abolition of slavery. Visits with Lincoln places the embattled and conflicted president among some of the most prominent of those abolitionists, and thus helps us to trace the difficult development of Lincoln's views. In this informative, unsettling, and always engaging book, Barbara White breaks through some enduring legends and myths about Lincoln by providing a valuable introduction to the most prominent men and women of the anti-slavery movement.

• 1 Preface2 Acknowledgments3 Illustrations4 Timeline of the Civil War5 Chapter 1. Jessie Benton Frémont, September 18616 Chapter 2. Carl Schurz, Spring and Fall 18627 Chapter 3. Beecher Family, December 1862 and February 18658 Chapter 4. Frederick Douglass, August 1863 and August 18649 Chapter 5. Anna Dickinson, January and Spring 186410 Chapter 6. William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips, March 1862, January 1863, and June 186411 Chapter 7. Sojourner Truth, October 186412 Chapter 8. Conclusion: Lincoln and His Visitors13 Bibliography

Barbara A. White is professor emerita of women's studies at the University of New Hampshire.

Abraham Lincoln's reputation as the "Great Emancipator" tends to obscure the work of the many who worked tirelessly to secure the abolition of slavery. Visits with Lincoln places the embattled and conflicted president among some of the most prominent of those abolitionists, and thus helps us to trace the difficult development of Lincoln's views. In this informative, unsettling, and always engaging book, Barbara White breaks through some enduring legends and myths about Lincoln by providing a valuable introduction to the most prominent men and women of the anti-slavery movement.

• 1 Preface2 Acknowledgments3 Illustrations4 Timeline of the Civil War5 Chapter 1. Jessie Benton Frémont, September 18616 Chapter 2. Carl Schurz, Spring and Fall 18627 Chapter 3. Beecher Family, December 1862 and February 18658 Chapter 4. Frederick Douglass, August 1863 and August 18649 Chapter 5. Anna Dickinson, January and Spring 186410 Chapter 6. William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips, March 1862, January 1863, and June 186411 Chapter 7. Sojourner Truth, October 186412 Chapter 8. Conclusion: Lincoln and His Visitors13 Bibliography

Barbara A. White is professor emerita of women's studies at the University of New Hampshire.

Abraham Lincoln's reputation as the "Great Emancipator" tends to obscure the work of the many who worked tirelessly to secure the abolition of slavery. Visits with Lincoln places the embattled and conflicted president among some of the most prominent of those abolitionists, and thus helps us to trace the difficult development of Lincoln's views. In this informative, unsettling, and always engaging book, Barbara White breaks through some enduring legends and myths about Lincoln by providing a valuable introduction to the most prominent men and women of the anti-slavery movement.

• 1 Preface2 Acknowledgments3 Illustrations4 Timeline of the Civil War5 Chapter 1. Jessie Benton Frémont, September 18616 Chapter 2. Carl Schurz, Spring and Fall 18627 Chapter 3. Beecher Family, December 1862 and February 18658 Chapter 4. Frederick Douglass, August 1863 and August 18649 Chapter 5. Anna Dickinson, January and Spring 186410 Chapter 6. William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips, March 1862, January 1863, and June 186411 Chapter 7. Sojourner Truth, October 186412 Chapter 8. Conclusion: Lincoln and His Visitors13 Bibliography