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Richards, Leonard L., author.

Title Who freed the slaves? : the fight over the Thirteenth Amendment / Leonard L. Richards.

Publication Info.

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	342.7308 RICHARDS	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	342.7308 RICHARDS	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	342.73087 RI	Check Shelf

Description	x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Prologue: Wednesday, June 15, 1864 -- The old order and its defenders -- Lincoln and emancipation -- To a white and black man's war -- The odd couple -- Hostility of the northern democracy -- The lame ducks of 1864 -- The enforcement clause and its enemies -- Epilogue: Emancipation Day, 1893.
Subject	Constitution (United States) (OCoLC)fst01356075
	Ashley, James Mitchell, 1824-1896.
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
Subject	United States. Constitution. 13th Amendment -- History.
	United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation.
	Ashley, James Mitchell, 1824-1896. (OCoLC)fst00036794
	Enslaved persons -- Emancipation. (OCoLC)fst01120540
	Emancipation Proclamation (United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)) (OCoLC)fst01356258
	Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Slavery -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst01120465
	Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	9780226178202 (cloth: alkaline paper)
	022617820X (cloth: alkaline paper)
	9780226208947 (e-book)

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