An edition of Freedom national (2012)
Freedom national
the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
By James Oakes
Publish Date
2013
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co.,W.W. Norton
Language
eng
Pages
596
Description:
Freedom National is a groundbreaking history of emancipation that joins the political initiatives of Lincoln and the Republicans in Congress with the courageous actions of Union soldiers and runaway slaves in the South. It shatters the widespread conviction that the Civil War was first and foremost a war to restore the Union and only gradually, when it became a military necessity, a war to end slavery. These two aims -- "Liberty and Union, one and inseparable" -- were intertwined in Republican policy from the very start of the war
subjects: United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln), Slavery, United States, Slaves, Emancipation, Antislavery movements, History, Slavery, united states, history, Slaves, emancipation, united states, African americans, history, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, Emancipation proclamation, Antislavery movements, united states, Presidents, united states, Civil War Period (1850-1877), Amerikaanse burgeroorlog, Slavernij, Emancipatie, Abolitionisme, Emancipation Proclamation (United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln))
Places: United States
Times: Civil War, 1861-1865