Who freed the slaves? : the fight over the Thirteenth Amendment /
Richards, Leonard L.,
Who freed the slaves? : the fight over the Thirteenth Amendment / Leonard L. Richards. - x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-295) and index.
Prologue: Wednesday, June 15, 1864 -- The old order and its defenders -- Lincoln and emancipation -- To a white and black man's war -- The odd couple -- Hostility of the northern democracy -- The lame ducks of 1864 -- The enforcement clause and its enemies -- Epilogue: Emancipation Day, 1893.
9780226178202 (cloth : alk. paper) 022617820X (cloth : alk. paper)
2014023200
Ashley, James Mitchell, 1824-1896.
United States. 13th Amendment Constitution. --History.
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation.
Slaves--Emancipation--History--United States--19th century.
Slavery--Law and legislation--History--United States--19th century.
KF4545.S5 / R53 2015
342.7308/7
Who freed the slaves? : the fight over the Thirteenth Amendment / Leonard L. Richards. - x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-295) and index.
Prologue: Wednesday, June 15, 1864 -- The old order and its defenders -- Lincoln and emancipation -- To a white and black man's war -- The odd couple -- Hostility of the northern democracy -- The lame ducks of 1864 -- The enforcement clause and its enemies -- Epilogue: Emancipation Day, 1893.
9780226178202 (cloth : alk. paper) 022617820X (cloth : alk. paper)
2014023200
Ashley, James Mitchell, 1824-1896.
United States. 13th Amendment Constitution. --History.
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation.
Slaves--Emancipation--History--United States--19th century.
Slavery--Law and legislation--History--United States--19th century.
KF4545.S5 / R53 2015
342.7308/7