The Meaning and Making of Emancipation The Meaning and Making of Emancipation

The Meaning and Making of Emancipation

150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation at the National Archives

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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.


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GENRE
History
RELEASED
2012
December 13
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
104
Pages
PUBLISHER
US National Archives
SELLER
US National Archives
SIZE
57.8
MB

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