02038cam a2200349 i 4500 91641160 TxAuBib 20110101120000.0 240123s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009030527 9781580136709 1580136702 (OCoLC)428436836 TxAuBib rda Knudsen Shannon, 1971- When were the fist slaves set free during the Civil War [Print] : and other questions aobut the Emancipation Proclamation / Shannon Knudsen. Library binding. Minneapolis, MN : Lerner Publications Company, 2011. 48 pages ; 0.3" H x 9.1" L x 7.1" W (0.6 lbs.) txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Six questions of American history When Abraham Lincoln became president in March 1861, the United States was on the brink of the Civil War. Six states had already left the Union. The North and the South fought over the question of slavery. More than anything, Lincoln wanted to reunite the states. He refused to recognize the Confederacy as a separate country. Yet the Constitution didn’t give the president the power to end slavery. But what could Lincoln do by law? Why was slavery so important to the southern states? How would Lincoln manage to keep the Union together? Discover the clever plan behind Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, and learn how it freed the first slaves. 20110101. United States. President (1861-1865): Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation Juvenile literature. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865- Juvenile literature. Slaves Emancipation United States Juvenile literature. United States Politics and government-1861-1865- Juvenile literature. Six questions of American history. TXTLL