Emancipation Proclamation : hope of freedom for the slaves

Title
: 
Emancipation Proclamation : hope of freedom for the slaves

Author
: 
Martin, Michael, 1948-

ISBN
: 
9780736813396

Publication Information
: 
Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, c2003.

Physical Description
: 
48 p. : illustrations (some color).

Series
: 
Let freedom ring.

Personal Subject
: 
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Corporate Subject
: 
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation.

Subject Term
: 
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States
 
African Americans -- History.

Geographic Term
: 
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

Summary
: 
Explores the events leading up to Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which freed most slaves, and its effects on the course of the Civil War.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)J 973.714 MARNonfiction Collection