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Rethinking American Emancipation: Legacies of Slavery and the Quest for Black Freedom

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Rethinking American Emancipation: Legacies of Slavery and the Quest for Black Freedom - Link, William A. (Editor), and Broomall, James J. (Editor)
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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 ...

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Rethinking American Emancipation: Legacies of Slavery and the Quest for Black Freedom 2015, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9781107073036

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Rethinking American Emancipation: Legacies of Slavery and the Quest for Black Freedom 2015, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9781107421349

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