The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Emancipation Proclamation
    The Emancipation Proclamation
    By Karen Price Hossell

    Booth had supported the South during the war . He hated Lincoln for freeing the slaves and for suggesting in a speech on April 11 that it might be a good idea to give some blacks the right to vote . . JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION .

  • The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views
    The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views
    By Frank J. Williams, Harold Holzer, Edna G. Medford

    Fellow minister and abolitionist Henry M. Turner, pastor of Washington, D.C.'s Israel Bethel Church (and later bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination) used the occasion of the preliminary proclamation to urge his people ...

  • The Emancipation Proclamation
    The Emancipation Proclamation
    By Karen Price Hossell

    Debating These skills were further polished when Lincoln ran for United States Senate against Stephen Douglas in 1858. Lincoln challenged Douglas to a series of debates , and the two men traveled to seven Illinois cities that year .

  • The Emancipation Proclamation: The Abolition of Slavery
    The Emancipation Proclamation: The Abolition of Slavery
    By Janet Riehecky

    Examines the issue of slavery in the United States and the rift it created between states and explores the circumstances leading up to the Emancipation Proclamation, and the impact of the abolition of slavery.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views
    The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views
    By Frank J. Williams, Harold Holzer, Edna G. Medford

    I'm Coming to My Dixie Home, as sung by Lincoln's intelligent Contrabands (Unknown sprint, 1862]), 92 In Memoriam (C. ... 60; personal opposition to slavery, 4–5, 49-51, 54, 61, 76; portraits of, 87–89; problems with McClellan, 67-68; ...

  • The Emancipation Proclamation: Abolishing Slavery in the South
    The Emancipation Proclamation: Abolishing Slavery in the South
    By James Tackach

    Lee Surrenders at Appomattox After occupying Petersburg , Grant's troops pursued Lee . The two armies clashed at Saylor's Creek , with Lee suffering heavy losses . Lee tried to retreat westward to escape Grant's pursuing army ...

  • The Emancipation Proclamation
    The Emancipation Proclamation
    By Dennis B. Fradin

    Dennis B. Fradin. IBERY ) PROCLAMATION The mancipation Proclamation Dennis Brindell Fradin The Emancipation Proclamation This one DPAP - 1K4 - B6A4. TURNING POINTS IN U.S. HISTORY Front Cover.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation: A Brief History with Documents
    The Emancipation Proclamation: A Brief History with Documents
    By Michael Vorenberg

    In this volume, Michael Vorenberg reveals the complexity of the process by which African-Americans gained freedom and explores the struggle over its meaning.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation: Ending Slavery in America
    The Emancipation Proclamation: Ending Slavery in America
    By Adam Woog

    Describes the events leading up to the Emancipation Proclamation and includes information on the Proclamation's aftermath and its importance in United States history.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation
    The Emancipation Proclamation
    By Monique Vescia

    This volume explains how closely examining those sources gives us a better understanding of historical events and figures.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation
    The Emancipation Proclamation
    By Charles W. Carey

    The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, declared all Confederate slaves to be free.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views
    The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views
    By Frank J. Williams, Harold Holzer, Edna G. Medford

    The Emancipation Proclamation is the most important document of arguably the greatest president in U.S. history.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation
    The Emancipation Proclamation
    By John Hope Franklin

    While many historians have dealt with the Emancipation Proclamation as a phase or an aspect of the Civil War, few have given more than scant attention to the evolution of...

  • The Emancipation Proclamation
    The Emancipation Proclamation
    By Judy Dodge Cummings

    Gripping narrative text, historic photographs, and primary sources make the book perfect for report writing. Features include a glossary, additional resources, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation: January 1, 1863
    The Emancipation Proclamation: January 1, 1863
    By United States. President

    The Emancipation Proclamation: January 1, 1863

  • The Emancipation Proclamation
    The Emancipation Proclamation
    By G. S. Prentzas

    Describes the events surrounding the Emancipation Proclamation, including its impact on the nation.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation: History Speaks . . .
    The Emancipation Proclamation: History Speaks . . .
    By Douglas M. Rife

    The study of the Emancipation Proclamation introduces students to the famous document that was the beginning of the end of slavery in the United States of America.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation
    The Emancipation Proclamation
    By Charles W. Carey

    This book discusses the reasons for Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and its impact on the institution of slavery and on the course of the Civil War.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation: A Brief History with Documents
    The Emancipation Proclamation: A Brief History with Documents
    By Michael Vorenberg

    In this volume Michael Vorenberg reveals the complexity of the process by which African-Americans gained freedom and explores the struggle over its meaning.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation: How, and by Whom, it was Given to Abraham Lincoln in 1861
    The Emancipation Proclamation: How, and by Whom, it was Given to Abraham Lincoln in 1861
    By Simon P. Kase

    “I did understand, however, that my oath to preserve the Constitution to the best of my ability, imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government—that nation—of which that Constitution was the ...