Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 by James Oakes

Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865

James Oakes

595 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced

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Freedom National is a groundbreaking history of emancipation that joins the political initiatives of Lincoln and the Republicans in Congress with the courageous actions of Union soldiers and runaway slaves in the South. It shatters the widespread ...

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