Richards, Leonard L., <br/><br/>
Who freed the slaves? :  the fight over the Thirteenth Amendment / 
Leonard L. Richards. 
 - x, 306 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-295) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226178202 (cloth : alk. paper) 022617820X (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014023200 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Ashley, James Mitchell, 1824-1896. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. 13th Amendment  Constitution. --History.<br/>United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln).  Emancipation Proclamation. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Slaves--Emancipation--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Slavery--Law and legislation--History--United States--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF4545.S5  / R53 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>342.7308/7