The Emancipation Proclamation

by John Hope Franklin and Franklin, John H. Franklin, John H.

Book Overview

While many historians have dealt with the Emancipation Proclamation as a phase or an aspect of the Civil War, few have given more than scant attention to the evolution of the document 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. Professor John Hope Franklins answer to this need, first published in 1963, is available again for the first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882959077
• ISBN13: 9780882959078
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.8" x 7.7"
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12