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Thomas James DiLorenzo (/ d i l ə ˈ r ɛ n z oʊ /; born August 8, 1954) is an American author and former university economics professor who is the President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He has written books denouncing President Abraham Lincoln and is well known among economists for his work chronicling the history of ...
DiLorenzo enumerates various other 19th Century nations which abolished slavery without resorting to civil war – which is true. He points out that a small percentage of the money and resources spent on the Civil War would have sufficed to compensate all slave owners and provide land to all released slaves – and the numbers certainly back ...
In a 2009 review of three newly published books on Lincoln, historian Brian Dirck referred to Bennett's 2000 work and linked him with Thomas DiLorenzo, another critic of Lincoln. He wrote that "Few Civil War scholars take Bennett and DiLorenzo seriously, pointing to their narrow political agenda and faulty research." [4]
Still, DiLorenzo's work is more of a diatribe against a mostly unnamed group of Lincoln scholars than a real historical analysis." [3] The review in Publishers Weekly called the book a "laughable screed," and suggested that DiLorenzo's main target was "scholars who dominate American universities (most notably Eric Foner)". [4]
Thomas DiLorenzo speeking in Illinois. Photograph taken by John Delano of Hammond, Indiana on 16 September 2006 CDT (17 September 2006 UTC) { ...
The actors in Jeremy O. Harris's divisive 'Slave Play,' playing at the Mark Taper Forum through mid-March, tell The Times what was like to be part of this production.
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom is a 2023 non-fiction book by Ilyon Woo that examines the history of the escape of Ellen and William Craft, two 19th-century American abolitionists, from slavery.
Lerone Bennett Jr. (October 17, 1928 – February 14, 2018) was an African-American scholar, author and social historian who analyzed race relations in the United States. His works included Before the Mayflower (1962) and Forced into Glory (2000), a book about U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.