emancipation proclamation

Describes the origins of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment, while providing a background on Abraham Lincoln's life, entry into politics, and views on slavery.

"With the stroke of a pen, President Abraham Lincoln freed the South's enslaved people in the midst of the brutal U.S. Civil War. Or did he? Who did the Emancipation Proclamation really free? What effect did it have on the course of the Civil War? And what became of the inkstand with which he wrote the famous document? Find the answers to these questions and discover more of what an artifact can tell us about history"--Back cover.

"Presents the politics and root issues of the Civil War and examines how President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation changed history."--Provided by publisher.

Explores the history of slavery and Abraham Lincoln's most honored part of his presidency, creating the "Emancipation Proclamation.".

Benjamin Holmes, a young slave apprenticed to a tailor in Charleston, South Carolina, practices reading every chance he gets, a skill that comes in handy when his employer leaves town and he is put in a slave prison where his fellow inmates listen as he reads aloud the news of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

"Describes the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation, including the immediate and long reaching effects it had in the American Civil War and beyond"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the events leading up to and following Abraham Lincoln's creation of the Emancipation Proclamation, asking readers questions about how they would have handled several of the decisions the president faced regarding slavery.

Presents a short study of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, and describes the events that led up to it, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, the Civil War, and more.

Contains two episodes of the CBS News series "You Are There" which uses dramatic reenactments and real reporters to provide viewers with an inside look at the writing of the Emancipation Proclamation, and take them to the scene of the Gettysburg Address.

Discusses the United States history leading up to and after the Emancipation Proclamation.