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Author:

King, Wilma, 1942-

Title:

Children of the Emancipation / Wilma King.

Publisher:

Carolrhoda Books,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

48 p. : ill. ; 20 x 22 cm.

Subject:

United States.--President (1861-1865 : Lincoln).--Emancipation Proclamation--Juvenile literature.
Emancipation Proclamation.
Freedmen--Juvenile literature.--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Free Afro-Americans--Juvenile literature.--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Afro-Americans--Juvenile literature.--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Afro-American children--Juvenile literature.--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Slavery--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Afro-Americans--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-46) and index.

Summary:

Explains how the nearly four million slaves and nearly half a million free blacks gained freedom and basic rights as citizens, following Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

Series:

Picture the American past

ISBN:

9781575053967 (alk. paper)
1575053969 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

99037707

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

XSPE157 -- Atlantic Public Library (Atlantic)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

NKPD993 -- Eagle Grove Memorial Library (Eagle Grove)

XCPB737 -- Lied Public Library-Essex (Essex)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

YFPC572 -- Springville Memorial Library (Springville)

MRPB553 -- Titonka Public Library (Titonka)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)