Includes bibliographical references (page 32) and index.
Contents
War for freedom -- Abolishing slavery forever -- What next? -- From slave to sharecropper -- Government action -- Voting for their own -- Education -- The church -- The rise of the Klan -- Black codes -- The fight for freedom -- Timeline -- Glossary.
Summary
When Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, he set in motion a series of events that changed the course of American history.