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Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867 2 Volume Set: Volume 1, The Destruction of Slavery: Series I
Freedom A Documentary History of Emancipation 18611867 2 Volume Set Volume 1 The Destruction of Slavery Series I Author:Fields Barbara J., Glymph Thavolia, Reidy Joseph P., Rowland Leslie S. The American Civil War destroyed slavery in the South. At first, most white Americans denied what would eventually seem self-evident. But black Americans saw clearly that the sectional conflict was their greatest opportunity for liberation. This volume of Freedom presents a documentary record of the transformation of the Civil War into a war aga... more »inst slavery, and the slaves' role in their own emancipation. The Destruction of Slavery shows the process by which a war for Union became a war for freedom. It demonstrates how three interrelated circumstances opened opportunities to slaves: first, the character of slave society; second, the course of the war itself; and third, the policies of the Union and Confederate governments. Together, they made emancipation an uneven, halting, and often tenuous process in which slaves played the central role.« less