Displaying 1 of 1 2013 Format: Book Author: Oakes, James. Title: Freedom national : the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 / James Oakes. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2013. Description: xxiv, 595 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 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. Subjects: United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation. Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States. Slavery -- United States -- History. Antislavery movements -- United States -- History. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Other Title: Destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 Notes: 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? LCCN: 2012035601 ISBN: 9780393065312 0393065316 9780393347753 0393347753 Other Number: 783162639 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 351429 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 973.714 Oakes Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
