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The Resource Freedom national : the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865, James Oakes

Freedom national : the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865, James Oakes

Label
Freedom national : the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
Title
Freedom national
Title remainder
the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
Statement of responsibility
James Oakes
Title variation
Destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Traces the history of emancipation and its impact on the Civil War, discussing how Lincoln and the Republicans fought primarily for freeing slaves throughout the war, not just as a secondary objective in an effort to restore the country
Cataloging source
DLC
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Oakes, James
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • United States
  • Slaves
  • Slavery
  • Antislavery movements
  • United States
Label
Freedom national : the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865, James Oakes
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"Ultimate extinction" -- "Disunion is abolition" -- "Fulfillment of the prophecies" -- August 8, 1861: emancipation begins -- The border states -- "Self-emancipation" -- "By the act of Congress they are clearly free" -- "A cordon of freedom" -- The "preliminary" proclamation -- The emancipation proclamation -- "The system yet lives" -- "Our fathers were mistaken"
Control code
783162639
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
xxiv, 595 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780393065312
Lccn
2012035601
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
Label
Freedom national : the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865, James Oakes
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"Ultimate extinction" -- "Disunion is abolition" -- "Fulfillment of the prophecies" -- August 8, 1861: emancipation begins -- The border states -- "Self-emancipation" -- "By the act of Congress they are clearly free" -- "A cordon of freedom" -- The "preliminary" proclamation -- The emancipation proclamation -- "The system yet lives" -- "Our fathers were mistaken"
Control code
783162639
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
xxiv, 595 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780393065312
Lccn
2012035601
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps

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