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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation Brendan January Tells the story of the document which led eventually to the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment and relates the role of President Lincoln in freeing the slaves. OL14852086W
The Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation Compass Point Books Staff,Ann Heinrichs Looks at the political and moral issues that caused President Lincoln to issue the 1863 document that freed many slaves, and at the immediate and long-term consequences of his action. OL14853579W
Children of the Emancipation Children of the Emancipation Wilma King Explains how the nearly four million slaves and nearly half a million free blacks gained freedom and basic rights as citizens, following Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. OL16062502W
Lincoln's Hundred Days Lincoln's Hundred Days Louis P. Masur "The time has come now," Abraham Lincoln told his cabinet as he presented the preliminary draft of a "Proclamation of Emancipation." Lincoln's effort to end slavery has been controversial since its i… OL16572226W
The Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation Stephen Krensky "An analysis of the Emancipation Proclamation, with information on how it was created and its impact on American history"--Provided by publisher. OL16977810W
Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation in American history Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation in American history David M. Holford Examines the history of the Emancipation Proclamation, showing its creation as a war measure designed to bring the southern states back to the Union and discussing its effectiveness in freeing the sl… OL1847506W
Lincoln and slavery Lincoln and slavery Peter Burchard A biography of the sixteenth president which focuses on the issue of slavery and the importance it had throughout Lincoln's life from his early days as a lawyer through his presidency. OL1851241W
Freedom national Freedom national James Oakes Freedom National is a groundbreaking history of emancipation that joins the political initiatives of Lincoln and the Republicans in Congress with the courageous actions of Union soldiers and runaway … OL19662258W
Who freed the slaves? Who freed the slaves? Leonard L. Richards "In the popular imagination, slavery in the United States ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation may have been limited--freeing only slaves within Confederate states… OL19663105W
Forever Free Forever Free Dorothy Sterling Describes the events leading up to the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation that freed over four million slaves in the United States. OL2005805W
The Emancipation Proclamation and the end of slavery in America The Emancipation Proclamation and the end of slavery in America Diane Bailey From the distance of more than a hundred years, it is difficult to comprehend how the cruelty of slavery continued for so long. It took a devastating civil war to finally end it, bringing the U.S. to… OL20886621W
The Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln Museum (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Trifold leaflet prepared when the Lincoln National Foundation purchased a Leland-Boker edition of the Emancipation Proclamation for the permanent collection of the Lincoln Museum in tribute to Ian M.… OL24947132W
Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation Ida M. Tarbell "Story of the progress of the idea of emancipation in Lincoln's mind, told in hitherto unpublished reminiscences by Charles Sumner, Carl Schurz, and other close friends of Lincoln." OL24964931W