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Freedom national : the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
- Title
- Freedom national : the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 / James Oakes.
- Author
- Oakes, James.
- Publication
- New York : W.W. Norton, c2013.
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- Description
- xxiv, 595 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- Destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- 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" -- Was freedom enough?
- Call Number
- Sc E 13-198
- ISBN
- 9780393065312 (hardcover)
- 0393065316 (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 2012035601
- OCLC
- 783162639
- Author
- Oakes, James.
- Title
- Freedom national : the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 / James Oakes.
- Imprint
- New York : W.W. Norton, c2013.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 13-198