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#1 The end of American slavery was a process that took decades to complete. It began at the war's outset when slaves, eager to seize the opportunity presented by the presence of northern armies, began to seek refuge behind Union lines. The Emancipation Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863, was the crucial step in the process.
#2 Lincoln was not an abolitionist,...
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W.W. Norton & Company
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2019.
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xxix, 224 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"The Declaration of Independence announced equality as an American ideal, but it took the Civil War and the subsequent adoption of three constitutional amendments to establish that ideal as American law. The Reconstruction amendments abolished slavery, guaranteed all persons due process and equal protection of the law, and equipped black men with the right to vote. They established the principle of birthright citizenship and guaranteed the privileges...
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