Lincoln's proclamation : emancipation reconsidered / edited by William A. Blair & Karen Fisher Younger.

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TextSeries: Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War eraPublisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (xii, 233 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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0807895415
9780807895412
9781469605272
1469605279

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lincoln's proclamation.DDC classification:

973.7092 22

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E457.2 .L8435 2009eb

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Contents:

Lincoln and the preconditions for emancipation : the moral grandeur of a bill of lading / Paul Finkelman -- Colonization and the myth that Lincoln prepared the people for emancipation / Mark E. Neely, Jr. -- Whatever shall appear to be God's will, I will do : the Chicago initiative and Lincoln's proclamation / Richard Carwardine -- But what did the slaves think of Lincoln? / Steven Hahn -- War, gender, and emancipation in the Civil War South / Stephanie McCurry -- Abraham Lincoln's "fellow citizens" -- before and after emancipation / Michael Vorenberg -- Slaves, servants, and soldiers : uneven paths to freedom in the Border States, 1861-1865 / Louis Gerteis -- Celebrating freedom : the problem of emancipation in public commemoration / William A. Blair.

Summary: Although the Emancipation Proclamation is often considered a heroic act by a great American president, contributors to this volume demonstrate that that one document alone did not free all of America's enslaved people. Essays here consider aspects of the president's decision making as well as events beyond Washington to offer new insights on the consequences and legacies of freedom, the engagement of black Americans in their liberation, and the issues of citizenship and rights that were not decided by Lincoln's document. Together the essays portray emancipation as a product of many hands.

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Although the Emancipation Proclamation is often considered a heroic act by a great American president, contributors to this volume demonstrate that that one document alone did not free all of America's enslaved people. Essays here consider aspects of the president's decision making as well as events beyond Washington to offer new insights on the consequences and legacies of freedom, the engagement of black Americans in their liberation, and the issues of citizenship and rights that were not decided by Lincoln's document. Together the essays portray emancipation as a product of many hands.