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Bennett, Lerone. Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln’s White Dream. Chicago: Johnson Pub. Co., 2000.
This dissenting view of Lincoln's greatness surveys the president's policies, speeches, and private utterances and concludes that he had little real interest in abolition.
This dissenting view of Lincoln's greatness surveys the president's policies, speeches, and private utterances and concludes that he had little real interest in abolition.
Franklin, John Hope. The Emancipation Proclamation. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1963.
John Hope Franklin discusses the evolution of the Emancipation Proclamation in the mind of Lincoln, the circumstances and conditions that led to its writing, its impact on the course of the war, and its significance for later generations.
John Hope Franklin discusses the evolution of the Emancipation Proclamation in the mind of Lincoln, the circumstances and conditions that led to its writing, its impact on the course of the war, and its significance for later generations.
Holzer, Harold. The Emancipation Proclamation : Three Views (social, Political, Iconographic). Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006.
This multidisciplinary study analyzes three distinct respects of Lincoln's edict of liberation: the influence of and impact upon African Americans; the legal, political, and military exigencies; and the role pictorial images played in establishing the document in public memory.
This multidisciplinary study analyzes three distinct respects of Lincoln's edict of liberation: the influence of and impact upon African Americans; the legal, political, and military exigencies; and the role pictorial images played in establishing the document in public memory.
King, Wilma. Children of the Emancipation. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 2000.
This book for young readers uses short, simple text linked to large historical photographs to bring to life the unique ways in which children lived and worked in an earlier era.
This book for young readers uses short, simple text linked to large historical photographs to bring to life the unique ways in which children lived and worked in an earlier era.
McKissack, Pat. Days of Jubilee : the End of Slavery in the United States. New York: Scholastic Press, 2003.
This book for young readers chronicles the various stages of U.S. emancipation beginning with those slaves who were freed for their service during the Revolutionary War, to those who were freed by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
This book for young readers chronicles the various stages of U.S. emancipation beginning with those slaves who were freed for their service during the Revolutionary War, to those who were freed by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
Quarles, Benjamin. Lincoln and the Negro. Oxford University Press, 1962.
Benjamin Quarles's book was the first book to examine in detail how Lincoln faced the problem of the status of black people in American democracy.
Benjamin Quarles's book was the first book to examine in detail how Lincoln faced the problem of the status of black people in American democracy.
Thomas, Velma Maia. Freedom’s Children : the Journey from Emancipation into the Twentieth Century. New York: Crown Publishers, 2000.
This sequel to 1998's award-winning "Lest We Forget" covers the period from the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation to the start of the Great Migration, telling the stories of courageous African-Americans who struggled to construct schools and establish businesses while trying to reunite families scattered by slavery.
This sequel to 1998's award-winning "Lest We Forget" covers the period from the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation to the start of the Great Migration, telling the stories of courageous African-Americans who struggled to construct schools and establish businesses while trying to reunite families scattered by slavery.
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