Th anks to Audrea Lim for assembling and presenting the texts by Marx, Lincoln and others. The writings of both Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln are voluminous and available in many forms. Those reprinted here are just a small sample to explain the onset and course of the Civil War in the United States. To these we have added a few writings by others who contributed to America’s postwar social radicalization, but without attempting to duplicate the extensive and important documentation of the black experience of the war or of Reconstruction.
All the Lincoln speeches can be found on the US Library of Congress website, www.loc.gov.
Marx’s “The North American Civil War” and “The Civil War in the United States” were taken from Marx’s Political Writings, Volume 2, Surveys From Exile (Verso, 2010). The remaining articles in the “Karl Marx” section were taken from Karl Marx & Frederick Engels’ The Civil War in the United States (International Publishers, 1861).
The “Letter from Marx to Annenkov” was taken from Marx Engels Collected Works, Volume 38 (International Publishers, 1975). The remaining letters were taken from Karl Marx & Frederick Engels’ The Civil War in the United States (International Publishers, 1969).
“Independence vs. Dependence! Which?” is from Woodhull & Clafin’s Weekly, June 25, 1870; “The Rights of Children” is from Woodhull & Clafin’s Weekly, December 6, 1870; and “Interview with Karl Marx” is from Woodhull & Clafin’s Weekly, August 12, 1871, all on microfiche.
Thomas Fortune’s “Conclusion” to Black and White was taken from Thomas Fortune, Black and White (Washington Square Press, 2007).
Engels’ “Preface to the US Edition” was taken from Fredriech Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England (Oxford University Press, 1999).
Lucy Parson’s “Speeches at the Founding Convention of the Industrial Workers of the World” was taken from Lucy Parsons, Freedom, Equality & Solidarity (Charles H. Kerr, 2004).