Contents ix Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation, 229 Document: The Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863, 230 Document: Letter from the Mother of a Northern Black Soldier to the President, 1863, 232 Document: The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1865, 233 Document: Law Creating the Freedmen’s Bureau, 1865, 233 Suggested Readings, 235 Index, 237
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