Author | : David Williams |
File Size | : 47,7 Mb |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 21 April 2014 |
ISBN | : 9781107016491 |
Pages | : 277 pages |
I Freed Myself by David Williams Book PDF Summary
This book examines the many ways in which African Americans made the Civil War about ending slavery. Abraham Lincoln's primary goal was to save the Union rather than to absolve the institution of slavery, yet slaves who escaped to Union lines refused to fight for the Union while remaining enslaved, ultimately forcing Lincoln to disband the institution.