Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty
Author: Tonya Bolden Category: Community, Race Learning Objectives: Power, Freedom, Community Abstract: In this engrossing historical resource, complete with a timeline and glossary, award-winning author Tonya Bolden brings to life the cause and effect of, as well as the people behind, the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Emancipation Proclamation offers readers a unique look at an often misunderstood American document. It scrutinizes the steps that led to Lincoln’s proclamation, the change in his views on how to address the divided country and the plight of black people —free and enslaved— as well as the actual purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation and what it ultimately achieved.
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