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Freedom national : the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865

Traces the history of emancipation and its impact on the Civil War, discussing how Lincoln and the Republicans fought primarily for freeing slaves throughout the war, not just as a secondary objective in an effort to restore the country

Print Book, English, 2013
1st ed
W.W. Norton & Co., New York, 2013