Rethinking American Emancipation

On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation, an event that soon became a bold statement of presidential power, a dramatic shift in the rationale for fighting the Civil War, and a promise of future freedom for four million enslaved Americans. But the document marked only a beginning; freedom's future was anything but certain. Thereafter, the significance of both the Proclamation and of emancipation assumed new and diverse meanings, as African Americans explored freedom and the nation attempted to rebuild itself.

שנה

2015

שפה

English

הוצאה

Cambridge University Press

מהדורות

5

עמודים

296

ISBN

9781107421349

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata