Children of the Emancipation
By: Wilma King.
Series: Picture the American past
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). -- Juvenile literature.; Emancipation Proclamation.; Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; Freedmen -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Free African Americans -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; African American children -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Slavery -- History.; African Americans -- History.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Explains how the nearly four million slaves and nearly half a million free blacks gained freedom and basic rights as citizens, following Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.