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Author:

Richards, Leonard L., author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

United States.--Constitution.--13th Amendment--History.
Slaves--History--United States--History--19th century.
Ashley, James Mitchell,--1824-1896.
United States.--President (1861-1865 : Lincoln).--Emancipation Proclamation.
Slavery--History--United States--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

022617820X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226178202 (cloth : alk. paper) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)881469687

LCCN:

2014023200

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)