Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in AmericaOne of the nation's foremost Lincoln scholars offers an authoritative consideration of the document that represents the most far-reaching accomplishment of our greatest president. No single official paper in American history changed the lives of as many Americans as Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. But no American document has been held up to greater suspicion. Its bland and lawyerlike language is unfavorably compared to the soaring eloquence of the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural; its effectiveness in freeing the slaves has been dismissed as a legal illusion. And for some African-Americans the Proclamation raises doubts about Lincoln himself. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation dispels the myths and mistakes surrounding the Emancipation Proclamation and skillfully reconstructs how America's greatest president wrote the greatest American proclamation of freedom. |
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Page 1811
... Negroes on a white horse and the white folks on a black . Sometimes the race is terrific . But the feel of the wind in your hair as you ride toward democracy is really something ! And the air smells so good ! LANGSTON HUGHES , “ The Fun ...
... Negroes on a white horse and the white folks on a black . Sometimes the race is terrific . But the feel of the wind in your hair as you ride toward democracy is really something ! And the air smells so good ! LANGSTON HUGHES , “ The Fun ...
Page 1837
... & machinations of the fanatic abolitionists , who will surely come among us in friendly guise to tamper with our negroes . " In Texas , fires in Dallas , Denton , and Pilot Point sent fearful whites in pursuit of slave rebels.
... & machinations of the fanatic abolitionists , who will surely come among us in friendly guise to tamper with our negroes . " In Texas , fires in Dallas , Denton , and Pilot Point sent fearful whites in pursuit of slave rebels.
Page 1838
... negroes ( runaways ) ” turned up at the gates of Fort Pickens , in Pensacola harbor , hoping for sanctuary . The commandant , Lieutenant Adam Slemmer , had icily refused all demands by secession authorities in Florida to surrender the ...
... negroes ( runaways ) ” turned up at the gates of Fort Pickens , in Pensacola harbor , hoping for sanctuary . The commandant , Lieutenant Adam Slemmer , had icily refused all demands by secession authorities in Florida to surrender the ...
Page 1857
... negroes” to dig ditches, heave up fortifications, and perform camp duties so as to release more of the South's outnumbered white manpower for combat; free blacks who tried to plead their freedom as an exemption “were told that they ...
... negroes” to dig ditches, heave up fortifications, and perform camp duties so as to release more of the South's outnumbered white manpower for combat; free blacks who tried to plead their freedom as an exemption “were told that they ...
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Contents
1822 | |
1834 | |
The President will Rise | 8 |
Three | 17 |
An Instrument in Gods Hands | 9 |
The Mighty | 73 |
Five | 27 |
Fame Takes him by the Hand | 71 |
Postscript | 1849 |
Notes | |
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Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America Allen C. Guelzo Limited preview - 2004 |
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America Allen C. Guelzo Limited preview - 2005 |
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