Oakes, James.
New York : W.W. Norton, c2013.
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Notes:

• 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?
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 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:

• Slaves — Emancipation — United States.
• Slavery — United States — History.
• Antislavery movements — United States — History.
• United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation.
• United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865.

Requested by Lansing, M