Democracy and the American Civil War : race and African Americans in the nineteenth century / edited by Kevin Adams and Leonne M. Hudson.
In 1865, after four tumultuous years of fighting, Americans welcomed the opportunity to return to a life of normalcy. President Abraham Lincoln issued his emancipation decree in January 1863 and had set the stage for what he hoped would be a smooth transition from war to peace with the announcement...
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