Freedom national : the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
Title:
Freedom national : the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
Author:
Oakes, James.
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Publication Information:
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2013.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 595 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Summary:
Traces the history of emancipation and its impact on the Civil War, discussing how Lincoln and the Republicans fought primarily for freeing slaves throughout the war, not just as a secondary objective in an effort to restore the country.
Language:
English
Contents:
"Ultimate extinction" -- "Disunion is abolition" -- "Fulfillment of the prophecies" -- August 8, 1861 : emancipation begins -- The Border States -- "Self-emancipation" -- "By the act of Congress they are clearly free" -- "A cordon of freedom" -- The "preliminary" proclamation -- The Emancipation Proclamation -- "The system yet lives" -- "Our fathers were mistaken" -- Was freedom enough?
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ISBN:
9780393065312
9780393347753
Format :
Book
