Why Slavery is Evil? or Why Not Slavery?: Harry V. Jaffa’s Complex Legacy

• In Event: Assessing Lincoln's Legacy

Brief Overview

My paper addresses Harry Jaffa’s vexed legacy, and asks whether his legacy should be his monumental books on Lincoln & the Civil War, or should we also judge him by his more polemical writings, and the words and actions of his “Claremont” followers?

Author

• Andrew John Majeske, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice