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Who freed the slaves? : the fight over the Thirteenth Amendment
Title
Who freed the slaves? : the fight over the Thirteenth Amendment / Leonard L. Richards.
ISBN
9780226178202
022617820X
9780226208947
Publication
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Physical Description
x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 22, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue: Wednesday, June 15, 1864
The old order and its defenders
Lincoln and emancipation
To a white and black man's war
The odd couple
Hostility of the northern democracy
The lame ducks of 1864
The enforcement clause and its enemies
Epilogue: Emancipation Day, 1893.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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