Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-162) and index.
Contents:
Before the presidency -- Secession winter -- Toward the Emancipation Proclamation -- The road to an Abolition Amendment -- Reelection and the politics of constitutional change -- Getting the Amendment Resolution passed -- The final vote -- Peace, ratification, and the Thirteenth Amendment -- Conclusion.
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