The Emancipation Proclamation
By: Dennis Brindell Fradin.
Series: Turning points in U.S. history
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780761420385
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Juvenile literature.; United States. -- President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). -- Juvenile literature.; Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; Slavery -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-46) and index.
Table of contents: title: Slavery in the 13 colonies; title: "All men are created equal"; title: Slavery divides the nation; title: President Lincoln faces a crisis; title: President Lincoln's decision; title: The preliminary Emancipation Proclamation; title: "The great act of the age" : the Emancipation Proclamation; title: An end and a beginning.