Who freed the slaves? : the fight over the Thirteenth Amendment / Leonard L. Richards.

Author: Richards, Leonard L. author.

Imprint:Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2015]

Descriptionx, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-295) and index.

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