Lincoln's Proclamation : Emancipation Reconsidered /

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Although the Emancipation Proclamation is often considered a heroic act by a great American president, contributors to this volume demonstrate that that one document alone did not free all of America's enslaved people. Essays here consider aspects of the president's decision making as well...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Younger, Karen Fisher (Editor ), Blair, William Alan (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Views on slavery > Congresses.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Relations with African Americans > Congresses.
United States. > President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). > Emancipation Proclamation > Congresses.
Emancipation Proclamation (United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln))
United States - General.
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
Social conditions.
Slaves > Emancipation.
Slavery.
Relations with African Americans.
African Americans > Social conditions.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Noirs americains > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle > Congres.
African Americans > Social conditions > 19th century > Congresses.
Slaves > Emancipation > United States > Congresses.
United States > Border States (U.S. Civil War)
United States.
Southern States.
États limitrophes (Guerre de Secession, États-Unis) > Conditions sociales > Congres.
États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle > Congres.
Border States (U.S. Civil War) > Social conditions > Congresses.
Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century > Congresses.
Actes de congres.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Lincoln and the preconditions for emancipation : the moral grandeur of a bill of lading / Paul Finkelman
  • Colonization and the myth that Lincoln prepared the people for emancipation / Mark E. Neely, Jr.
  • Whatever shall appear to be God's will, I will do : the Chicago initiative and Lincoln's proclamation / Richard Carwardine
  • But what did the slaves think of Lincoln? / Steven Hahn
  • War, gender, and emancipation in the Civil War South / Stephanie McCurry
  • Abraham Lincoln's "fellow citizens"
  • before and after emancipation / Michael Vorenberg
  • Slaves, servants, and soldiers : uneven paths to freedom in the Border States, 1861-1865 / Louis Gerteis
  • Celebrating freedom : the problem of emancipation in public commemoration / William A. Blair.

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