Lincoln's Proclamation

by Blair, William A.; Younger, Karen Fisher

• ISBN13: 9780807833162
• ISBN10: 0807833169
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-01
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation is popularly regarded as a heroic act by a great American president. Widely remembered as the document that ended slavery, the proclamation in fact freed slaves only in the rebellious South (and not in the Border States, where slavery remained legal) and, effectively, only in the parts of the South occupied by the Union. Questions persist regarding Lincoln's moral conviction and the extent to which the proclamation truly represented a radical stance on the issue of freedom. The eight essays in this volume enrich our understanding of the proclamation by considering not only aspects of the president's decision making, but also events beyond Washington. The proclamation provides a launching point for 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, best understood when considering all the various actors, the place, and the time.Contributors:William Blair, The Pennsylvania State University Richard Carwardine, University of Oxford Paul Finkelman, Albany Law School Louis Gerteis, University of Missouri-St. Louis Steven Hahn, University of Pennsylvania Stephanie McCurry, University of Pennsylvania Mark E. Neely Jr., The Pennsylvania State University, Michael Vorenberg, Brown University Karen Fisher Younger, The Pennsylvania State University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Lincoln and the Preconditions for Emancipation: The Moral Grandeur of a Bill of Lading	p. 13
Colonization and the Myth That Lincoln Prepared the People for Emancipation	p. 42
Whatever Shall Appear to Be God's Will, I Will Do: The Chicago Initiative and Lincoln's Proclamation	p. 75
But What Did the Slaves Think of Lincoln?	p. 102
War, Gender, and Emancipation in the Civil War South	p. 120
Abraham Lincoln's "Fellow Citizens" - Before and After Emancipation	p. 151
Slaves, Servants, and Soldiers Uneven Paths to Freedom in the Border States, 1861-1865	p. 170
Celebrating Freedom: The Problem of Emancipation in Public Commemoration	p. 195
Contributors	p. 221
Index	p. 223
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