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I Freed Myself: African American Self-Emancipation in the Civil War Era
I Freed Myself African American Self-Emancipation in the Civil War Era
Author: David Williams
For a century and a half, Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation has been the dominant narrative of African American freedom in the Civil War era. However, David Williams suggests that this portrayal marginalizes the role that African American slaves played in freeing themselves. At the Civil War's outset, Lincoln made clear ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781107016491
ISBN-10: 1107016495
Publication Date: 4/21/2014
Pages: 274
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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