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Children of the Emancipation /

Explains how the nearly four million slaves and nearly half a million free blacks gained freedom and basic rights as citizens, following Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Wilma, 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2000]
Series:Picture the American past.
Subjects:
Slaves > Emancipation > United States > Juvenile literature.
United States. > President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). > Emancipation Proclamation > Juvenile literature.
Freedmen > United States > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
Free African Americans > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
African American children > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
Slavery > History.
African Americans > History.
Emancipation Proclamation.
Description
Summary:Explains how the nearly four million slaves and nearly half a million free blacks gained freedom and basic rights as citizens, following Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
Physical Description:48 pages : illustrations ; 20 x 22 cm.
Awards:Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN:1575053969 (alk. paper)