Lincoln's Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union

by Louis P. Masur

Book Overview

"The time has come now," Abraham Lincoln told his cabinet as he presented the preliminary draft of a "Proclamation of Emancipation." Lincoln's effort to end slavery has been controversial from its inception-when it was denounced by some as an unconstitutional usurpation and by others as an inadequate half-measure-up to the present, as historians have discounted its import and impact. At the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, Louis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674066901
• ISBN13: 9780674066908
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"