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.
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