The Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln, and Slavery Through Primary Sources

The Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln, and Slavery Through Primary Sources
ISBN-10
0766057291
ISBN-13
9780766057296
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
48
Language
English
Published
2013-01-01
Publisher
Enslow Publishing, LLC
Author
Carin T. Ford

Description

If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. When Abraham Lincoln said this, many Americans did not agree. Most of them lived in the South, where their economy depended on slave labor. In 1861, the year Lincoln became president, the conflict over slavery became a war between a divided nation. Although the Civil War was fought to reunite that nation, Lincoln eventually saw the greater cause: ending slavery forever in the United States. In striving to achieve this ultimate goal, President Lincoln took the most important first step, the Emancipation Proclamation.

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