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The Emancipation Proclamation
Title:
The Emancipation Proclamation
ISBN:
9780756502096
Publication Information:
Minneapolis : Compass Point Books, c2002.
Physical Description:
48 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
The dream freedom -- A very long day -- The news spreads far and wide -- The long road to freedom -- A house divided -- A sign of things to come -- "No good times till I was free" -- More steps on the freedom trail.
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Summary:
Looks at the political and moral issues that caused President Lincoln to issue the 1863 document that freed many slaves, and at the immediate and long-term consequences of his action.
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