James Oakes. A finely argued book about how the destruction of slavery involved much
more than Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Oakes returns to the notion that slavery, rather than states' rights or "an
outbreak of hysteria, irrationality and paranoia," was truly the origin
of the Civil War. A useful contribution to the literature about slavery and
the Civil War.--KirkusSaturday, March 2, 2013
Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
James Oakes. A finely argued book about how the destruction of slavery involved much
more than Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Oakes returns to the notion that slavery, rather than states' rights or "an
outbreak of hysteria, irrationality and paranoia," was truly the origin
of the Civil War. A useful contribution to the literature about slavery and
the Civil War.--Kirkus
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