Emancipation Proclamation: Forever Free

by Velma Maia Thomas, Vela Maia Thomas, Georgia Scott (Design)

While other volumes view the Emancipation Proclamation as a document by a great emancipator (President Abraham Lincoln) or as a triumph of military struggle (The Civil War), Emancipation Proclamation - Forever Free chronicles the peopleblack and white, in bondage and freewho created the conditions for emancipation. It is the story of those who resisted the evil of humans as property and ultimately triumphed.

123 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2013

Reviews

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

This beautifully illustrated, well-researched book fills in the gaps in the Emancipation Proclamation story by showing us the people, the documents, the scenes and incidents that built the movement that drove the country to war and President Abraham Lincoln to develop the Proclamation that would make enslaved African Americans "forever free." Additionally, this great book places the fight for Emancipation in the context of the continuing struggle for social and racial justice. A great gift.