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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Oakes, James.       by title:      Freedom national : t...       by call number:      973.714 O11f     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 973.714 O11f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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