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050 _aE 453
_b.M398 2012
100 _aMasur, Louis P.
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245 0 _aLincoln's hundred days :
_bthe Emancipation Proclamation and the war for the Union /
_cLouis P. Masur.
260 _aCambridge, Mass. :
_bBelknap Press of Harvard University Press,
_c2012
300 _aviii, 358 pages :
_billustrations
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [297]-335) and index.
505 _aSeptember 22, 1862: Lincoln tells a story -- Toward emancipation -- Messages and measures -- A new departure -- Movement -- Judgments -- The reactions of scholars and soldiers -- Intervention and election fever -- "We cannot escape history" -- Standing firm -- Jubilee -- "Men of color, to arms!" -- "It can not be retracted" -- Emancipation triumphant -- April 4, 1865: Lincoln visits Richmond.
520 _aExamines the period between when Abraham Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, and when he signed the final, significantly altered draft on January 1, 1863, discussing the events that impacted that changes to the document.
650 _aSlaves
_zUnited States.
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650 _aSlaves
_zUnited States.
_2sears
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