Title Lincoln's proclamation : emancipation reconsidered / edited by William A. Blair & Karen Fisher Younger

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2009] ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 233 pages) : illustrations Series The Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era. Contents Lincoln and the preconditions for emancipation : the moral grandeur of a bill of lading / Paul Finkelman -- Colonization and the myth that Lincoln prepared the people for emancipation / Mark E. Neely, Jr. -- Whatever shall appear to be God's will, I will do : the Chicago initiative and Lincoln's proclamation / Richard Carwardine -- But what did the slaves think of Lincoln? / Steven Hahn -- War, gender, and emancipation in the Civil War South / Stephanie McCurry -- Abraham Lincoln's "fellow citizens" -- before and after emancipation / Michael Vorenberg -- Slaves, servants, and soldiers : uneven paths to freedom in the Border States, 1861-1865 / Louis Gerteis -- Celebrating freedom : the problem of emancipation in public commemoration / William A. Blair Summary Although the Emancipation Proclamation is often considered a heroic act by a great American president, contributors to this volume demonstrate that that one document alone did not free all of America's enslaved people. Essays here consider aspects of the president's decision making as well as events beyond Washington to offer new insights on the consequences and legacies of freedom, the engagement of black Americans in their liberation, and the issues of citizenship and rights that were not decided by Lincoln's document. Together the essays portray emancipation as a product of many hands Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed July 30, 2021) Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery -- Congresses Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Relations with African Americans -- Congresses SUBJECT Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Relations with African Americans -- Congresses Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery -- Congresses Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 fast Subject United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation -- Congresses SUBJECT Emancipation Proclamation (United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)) fast Subject Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States -- Congresses African Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Congresses HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. African Americans -- Social conditions Relations with African Americans Slavery Enslaved persons -- Emancipation Social conditions Regions & Countries - Americas. History & Archaeology. United States - General. SUBJECT Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Congresses Border States (U.S. Civil War) -- Social conditions -- Congresses Subject Southern States United States United States -- Border States (U.S. Civil War) Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Blair, William Alan, editor. Younger, Karen Fisher, editor. LC no. 2009016601 ISBN 0807895415 9780807895412 9781469605272 1469605279 9798890884473

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