Title: Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation
Description: Young Benjamin Holmes, a slave in Charleston who has taught himself to read, reads Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation to his fellow slaves in prison.
Subjects: United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln), Emancipation Proclamation, United States, Slaves, Emancipation, Juvenile literature, Emancipation Proclamation (United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)), Slavery, united states, Slavery, united states, juvenile literature, Emancipation proclamation
Places: United States
People: Benjamin C. Holmes (fl. 1846-1870)