The Emancipation Proclamation : a brief history with documents

Exploring the complexity of the process by which African-Americans gained freedom, Emancipation Proclamation hones in on the struggle over its meaning through more than 40 documents and images, which give voice to the range of individuals who participated in this vital drama.

• Foreword
• Preface
• List of Illustrations
• Part 1 The Making and Meaning of Emancipation
• Slavery, Freedom, and the Coming of the Civil War
• Making a War for Emancipation
• The Promise of Emancipation
• The Contested Memory of Emancipation
• Part 2 The Documents
• The Problem of Slavery at the Start of the Civil War
• 1 Abraham Lincoln, Cooper Union Address, February 27, 1860
• 2 Abraham Lincoln, Letter to Lyman Trumbull, December 10, 1861
• 3 Abraham Lincoln, Letter to Alexander H. Stephens, December 22, 1861
• 4 Alexander H. Stephens, Cornerstone Speech, March 21, 1861
• 5 Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural, March 4, 1861
• The Impact of the Civil War on Slavery
• 6 John J. Cheatham, Letter to L. P. Walker, May 4, 1861
• 7 Benjamin Butler, Letter to Winfield Scott, May 24, 1861
• 8 Abraham Lincoln, Letter to Orville Browning, September 22, 1861
• 9 The Pacific Appeal, Editorial on Emancipation, June 14, 1862
• 10 George B. McClellan, HarrisonâÇÖs Landing Letter, July 7, 186