Rethinking American Emancipation
On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation, an event that soon became a bold statement of presidential power, a dramatic shift in the rationale for fighting the Civil War, and a promise of future freedom for four million enslaved Americans. But the document marked only a beginning; freedom's future was anything but certain. Thereafter, the significance of both the Proclamation and of emancipation assumed new and diverse meanings, as African Americans explored freedom and the nation attempted to rebuild itself. Despite the sweeping power of Lincoln's Proclamation, struggle, rather than freedom, defined emancipa…
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Weitere Autoren: Link, William A. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-107-42134-9
- EAN: 9781107421349
- Produktnummer: 19163890
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 292 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.7 cm 452 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 452
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