The Meaning and Making of Emancipation
150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation at the National Archives
Publisher Description
This book presents the Emancipation Proclamation in its social and political context with documents in the National Archives' holdings that illustrate the efforts of the many Americans, enslaved and free, white and black, by whom slavery was abolished in the United States. It was created to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.
There is also an ePub version for iPhone and other devices available in the iBookstore.
Learn more about eBooks from the National Archives and Records Administration at http://www.archives.gov/publications/ebooks
GENRE
History
RELEASED
2012
13 December
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
109
Pages
PUBLISHER
US National Archives
SIZE
48.7
MB
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