The Emancipation Proclamation and the end of slavery in America
By: Diane Bailey
Edition: First edition.
Series: A celebration of the civil rights movement; Celebration of the civil rights movement
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781477777497
Subjects: Politics and government; United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln); United States; Slaves; Emancipation; Emancipation Proclamation (United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)); Juvenile literature
Description: From the distance of more than a hundred years, it is difficult to comprehend how the cruelty of slavery continued for so long. It took a devastating civil war to finally end it, bringing the U.S. to the brink of self-annihilation. The final blow against slavery was President Abraham Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation. Readers receive glimpses of the behind-the-scenes drama and agonizing political and moral calculations that went into what Lincoln called the central act of my administration, and the greatest event of the 19th century. The hopeful aftermath but long unfulfilled promise of the Proclamation is also examined in this fascinating account of the most pivotal moment in American history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A war-torn country; title: No easy answers; title: Biding his time; title: The hundred days; title: A new course; title: Bearing fruit.