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Title details for The Emancipation Proclamation by Tonya Bolden - Available

The Emancipation Proclamation

Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty

by Tonya Bolden
Michael Early
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Published on the anniversary of when President Abraham Lincoln's order went into effect, this book offers listeners a unique look at the events that led to the Emancipation Proclamation. Filled with little-known facts and fascinating details, it includes excerpts from historical sources and new research that debunk myths about the Emancipation Proclamation and its causes. Complete with a timeline, glossary, and bibliography, Emancipation Proclamation is an engrossing new historical resource from award-winning children's book author Tonya Bolden.

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    February 6, 2018

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666590685
      • File size: 66059 KB
      • Duration: 02:17:37

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The Emancipation Proclamation is mainly associated with the American Civil War, but its story is also entwined with politics, religion, and the often-conflicting beliefs of President Abraham Lincoln. Under his guardianship, the Proclamation blossomed, grew, stagnated, resurfaced, and finally took root. Bolden writes in the collective "we" point of view, and with it, narrator Michael Early transports the listener into the midst of the slavery debate. Speaking slowly and distinctly, he eloquently delivers a story peppered with quotes in the lofty language of the day. He narrates gravely but unflinchingly of horrific and desperate conditions, for example, recounting the story of one fleeing man taking a knife to his own body, cutting muscle and tendon to make himself unsaleable in case of capture by slave hunters. Illuminating and well documented. L.T. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

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