Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the Twilight of Slavery by Joseph P. Reidy

Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the Twilight of Slavery

Littlefield History of the Civil War Era

Joseph P. Reidy

520 pages • first pub 2019 (view editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
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As students of the Civil War have long known, emancipation was not merely a product of Lincoln's proclamation or of Confederate defeat in April 1865. It was a process that required more than legal or military action. With enslaved people fully eng...

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