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Freedom national : the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oakes, James.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects and Genres:
United States. > President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). > Emancipation Proclamation
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States.
Slavery > United States > History.
Antislavery movements > United States > History.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Table of 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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