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Title Children of the Emancipation / Wilma King.
Author King, Wilma, 1942-
Publication Info. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c2000.
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 Hiawassee  J 973.714 KIN    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J 973.714 KIN    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J 973.714 KIN    Check Shelves
 Southeast  J 973.714 KIN    Check Shelves
 Southwest  J 973.714 KIN    Check Shelves
Description 48 p. : ill. ; 20 x 22 cm.
Series Picture the American past
Note Gift--first copy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Explains how the nearly four million slaves and nearly half a million free blacks gained freedom and basic rights as citizens, following Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
Subject Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation -- Juvenile literature.
Freedmen -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Free African Americans -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
African American children -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Slavery -- History.
African Americans -- History.
Emancipation Proclamation.
ISBN 1575053969 (alk. paper) $22.60