Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865

摘要

It took more than the Emancipation Proclamation to "forever free" America's slaves-a lot more. Abraham Lincoln's historic proclamation marked neither the beginning nor the end of the struggle; rather it was an important milestone in an increasingly aggressive Union policy of emancipation. James Oakes deftly relates this complicated but compelling story of how freedom became national and enduring for 4 million African Americans.