Today in History:

The Meaning and Making of Emancipation

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     This eBook presents the Emancipation Proclamation in its social and political context with documents in the National Archives' holdings that illustrate the efforts of the many Americans, enslaved and free, white and black, by whom slavery was abolished in the United States. It was created to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. The eBook is avalable, free, at this link http://www.archives.gov/publications/ebooks/