emancipation

Uses slave naratives, lettrs, diaries, military orders, and other documents to chronicle the various stages leading to the emancipation of slaves in the United States.

"Presents an overview of Lincoln's viewpoint of the Constitution, and provides a starting point for further inquiry into interpretations and defenses as well as the political, intellectual, and cultural traditions of the founding document of the United States"--Provided by publisher.

Offers a detailed analysis of the Civil War siege at Vicksburg in the summer of 1863, and explores how the battle influenced the legacies of race and slavery that played out over the decades that followed.

Chronicles the parallel lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, and how, through their differences they helped to change the course of the nation.

Presents a study of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, examining the legal and political reasoning that led the Civil War president to his decision to free slaves in states still in rebellion.

A study of the lives of children born into slavery in the United States in the nineteenth century, and how they were forced to grow old before their time due to the rituals of work, punishment, and often separation from their families.

Examines what the Emancipation Proclamation really meant with regards to slaves and slavery.

Explains the origins of Juneteenth, an annual holiday that celebrates the emancipation of the slaves in 1865, and looks at how the event is observed in modern times.

Presents a collection of several graphic novel-type stories that trace the experiences of freed slaves following Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Discusses the abolitionist movement in the United States, from the time of the slave ships to the end of the Civil War.