The Real Lincoln By Thomas J. Dilorenzo Summary

The author of the book The Real Lincoln Thomas J. DiLorenzo is a very well educated man from Western Pennsylvania. His background in American economics is a substantially useful Ph.D when writing such as this one. He seems to love writing about american history especially regarding Abraham Lincoln. He has written other books such as Lincoln Unmasked: What You 're Not Supposed To Know about Dishonest Abe, Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government and Hamilton 's Curse: How Jefferson 's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution. In the introduction of The Real Lincoln by Thomas J. DiLorenzo the author begins to explain the overview of the book and what is to come in the following chapters. According to DiLorenzo the common view of Abraham Lincoln as a anti-slavery activist and starter of the racial revolution are not true. DiLorenzo states that many historians over the year

For Lincoln Henry Clay was who he based most of his ideas off of. Lincoln began to state how he would be a member of the whig party and support the american system theory just like Henry Clay. While in Congress Henry Clay became a expert of protectionism and became a key factor for Northern manufacturers looking to be protected from high tariffs from other foreign competitors. The task of taking over for Clay was a aspiration that Lincoln had and would one day achieve. A major element of the American system Lincoln pursued was internal improvements or in DiLorenzos words “ corporate welfare”(73). These internal improvements supported by Abraham Lincoln, George Nicolay and John Hay did nothing but turn into twelve million dollars of debt for the country. Lincoln wanted to become in his words “ The De Witt Clinton of Illinois”(76). This admiration and attempt to recreate De Witt’s accomplishments was a great idea but for the Whig party at the time was a huge