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Freedom national : the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
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Freedom national : the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 / James Oakes.
ISBN
9780393065312 (hardcover)
0393065316 (hardcover)
Edition
First edition.
Published
New York : W.W. Norton, c2013.
Physical Description
xxiv, 595 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Variant and related titles
Destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 10, 2013
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".
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