Download or read book Redeeming the Great Emancipator written by Allen C. Guelzo and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-12 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abraham Lincoln projects a larger-than-life image across American history owing to his role as the Great Emancipator. Yet this noble aspect of Lincoln’s identity is the dimension that some historians have cast into doubt. The award-winning historian and Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo offers a vigorous defense of America’s sixteenth president.

Download or read book The Emancipation Proclamation written by Harold Holzer and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Emancipation Proclamation is the most important document of arguably the greatest president in U.S. history. Now, Edna Greene Medford, Frank J. Williams, and Harold Holzer -- eminent experts in their fields -- remember, analyze, and interpret the Emancipation Proclamation in three distinct respects: the influence of and impact upon African Americans; the legal, political, and military exigencies; and the role pictorial images played in establishing the document in public memory. The result is a carefully balanced yet provocative study that views the proclamation and its author from the perspective of fellow Republicans, antiwar Democrats, the press, the military, the enslaved, free blacks, and the antislavery white establishment, as well as the artists, publishers, sculptors, and their patrons who sought to enshrine Abraham Lincoln and his decree of freedom in iconography.Medford places African Americans, the people most affected by Lincoln's edict, at the center of the drama rather than at the periphery, as previous studies have done. She argues that blacks interpreted the proclamation much more broadly than Lincoln intended it, and during the postwar years and into the twentieth century they became disillusioned by the broken promise of equality and the realities of discrimination, violence, and economic dependence. Williams points out the obstacles Lincoln overcame in finding a way to confiscate property -- enslaved humans -- without violating the Constitution. He suggests that the president solidified his reputation as a legal and political genius by issuing the proclamation as Commander-in-Chief, thus taking the property under the pretext of military necessity. Holzer explores how it was only after Lincoln's assassination that the Emancipation Proclamation became an acceptable subject for pictorial celebration. Even then, it was the image of the martyr-president as the great emancipator that resonated in public memory, while any reference to those African Americans most affected by the proclamation was stripped away.This multilayered treatment reveals that the proclamation remains a singularly brave and bold act -- brilliantly calculated to maintain the viability of the Union during wartime, deeply dependent on the enlightened voices of Lincoln's contemporaries, and owing a major debt in history to the image-makers who quickly and indelibly preserved it.

Download or read book The Emancipation Proclamation written by Kathryn Walton and published by . This book was released on 2023-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Emancipation Proclamation was one of the most important documents for slaves in the United States. In 1862, the American Civil War tore the United States apart. While President Abraham Lincoln wanted to preserve the Union, he had a much larger idea: Ending slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation can be confusing to struggling readers, but this volume gives readers needed context to understand this document. With clear language historical context, young readers will deepen their understanding of this key historical document"--

Download or read book The Emancipation Proclamation written by John Hope Franklin and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Emancipation Its Course and Progress written by Joseph Thomas Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Emancipation Proclamation written by Ann Heinrichs and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2002 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the political and moral issues that caused President Lincoln to issue the 1863 document that freed many slaves, and at the immediate and long-term consequences of his action.

Download or read book The Emancipation Proclamation written by David Armentrout and published by Rourke Publishing Group. This book was released on 2004 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the Thirteen the Amendment that freed the slaves, end of the war, and the death of President Abraham Lincoln.

Download or read book The Great Emancipator written by Hans Louis Trefousse and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Emancipation Proclamation written by Brendan January and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 1998-03 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of the document which led eventually to the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment and relates the role of President Lincoln in freeing the slaves.

Download or read book Emancipation Proclamation ENHANCED eBook written by Douglas M. Rife and published by Lorenz Educational Press. This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of the Emancipation Proclamation introduces students to the famous document that was the beginning of the end of slavery in the United States of America. Through a variety of activities, students will learn the history of this document and explore its meaning and impact on the nation.

Download or read book The Emancipation Proclamation written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Emancipation Proclamation written by Charles W. Carey and published by Childs World Incorporated. This book was released on 2009 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the reasons for Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and its impact on the institution of slavery and on the course of the Civil War.

Download or read book The Crisis of Emancipation in America written by Frederic Seebohm and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Emancipation Proclamation written by Simon P. Kase and published by . This book was released on 1900* with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Forever Free written by Dorothy Sterling and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the events leading up to the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation that freed over four million slaves in the United States.

Download or read book The Crisis of Emancipation in America Being a Review of the History of Emancipation from the Beginning of the American War to the Assassination of President Lincoln written by Frederic SEEBOHM (Author of “The Oxford Reformers”.) and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Abraham Lincoln written by Allen C. Guelzo and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of the sixteenth president explores Lincoln's life and political career along with insights into his philosophy, religious views, and moral character.