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The Day of Emancipation: Proclamation, 1 January 1863

The Day of Emancipation: Proclamation, 1 January 1863

Arden, Jd

Paperback

Series: Days That Made History

General United States History

ISBN13: 9798264667282
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 10 2025
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.25 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
On New Year's Day, 1863, a wartime order-narrow on paper, volcanic in practice-turned a war about union into a war about human liberty. The Emancipation Proclamation didn't free everyone that morning, but it pinned a new purpose to the flag: freedom would follow the Union lines, Black men would be asked to fight for it, and the moral stakes of the conflict were forever altered.

The Day of Emancipation traces that pivot with sharp scenes and clear-eyed judgment. From refugee camps and enlistment stations to courtrooms and foreign capitals, JD Arden follows how a presidential order became a political and legal inevitability, culminating in the push for the Thirteenth Amendment-and leaving an unfinished promise that still shapes American life. Lucid, unsentimental, and urgent, this book is for readers who want history that explains why a single date can still demand attention.

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