num_pages: 78
description: Abolition of slavery was one of the most controversial issues in American history and contributed to the divide between Southern slave-holding states and the largely anti-slavery sentiments found in the Northern states. This book provides a variety of perspectives on the Emancipation Proclamation from defenders of slavery, abolitionists, supporters of anti-slavery movements, modern scholars and social historians.
language: English
title: At Issue in History - The Emancipation Proclamation
titlecomplete: At Issue in History - The Emancipation Proclamation
publisher: Greenhaven Press