Abraham Lincoln, Nativism, and Citizenship

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  • Mark E. Steiner South Texas College of Law

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22364/jull.13.02

Keywords:

Abraham Lincoln, immigration, nativism, xenophobia, citizenship

Abstract

Nativist movements in the United States in the 1840s and 1850s aimed to restrict the rights of recent immigrants because of their religion or ethnicity. During Abraham Lincoln’s pre-presidential political career, he twice confronted such movements in his home state of Illinois. He opposed nativism, believing that adherence to the values expressed in the Declaration of Independence would unify native-born and naturalized Ame

ricans.

Author Biography

  • Mark E. Steiner, South Texas College of Law

    Dr. iur., Dr. hist. 
    South Texas College of Law, Houston
    Professor of Law

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Published

2020-10-08

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No. 13 (2020): Journal of the University of Latvia. Law

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Steiner, M. E. (2020). Abraham Lincoln, Nativism, and Citizenship. Journal of the University of Latvia. Law, 13, 15-32. https://doi.org/10.22364/jull.13.02