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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Main Author: Oakes, James.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
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300 |a xxiv, 595 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :  |b illustrations, maps ;  |c 25 cm 
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505 0 |a "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? 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520 |a 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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