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Oakes, James.
Subjects
Emancipation Proclamation.
Blacks -- History -- 19th century.
Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States.
Slavery -- United States -- History.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Oakes, James.
Emancipation Proclamation.
Blacks -- History -- 19th century.
Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States.
Slavery -- United States -- History.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Freedom national : the
destruction
of
slavery
in the
United
States
,
1861-1865
/ James Oakes.
by
Oakes, James.
W. W. Norton & Co., 2013.
Call #:
973.714 O11f
Subjects
Emancipation Proclamation.
Blacks -- History -- 19th century.
Slaves -- Emancipation --
United
States
.
Slavery
--
United
States
-- History.
Antislavery movements --
United
States
-- History.
United
States
-- History -- Civil War,
1861-1865
.
United
States
-- History -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9780393065312 (hc.)
0393065316 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Destruction
of
slavery
in the
United
States
,
1861-1865
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xxiv, 595 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
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.
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Halifax North Memorial Public Library
Adult Black Nonfiction
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