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C O N T E N T S FOREWORD BY JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix INTRODUCTION xi EDNA GREENE MEDFORD Imagined Promises, Bitter Realities: African Americans and the Meaning ofthe Emancipation Proclamation FRANK J. WILLIAMS "Doing Less" and "Doing More": The President and the Proclamation—Legally, Militarily, and Politically 48 HAROLD HOLZER Picturing Freedom: The Emancipation Proclamation in Art, Iconography, and Memory 83 APPENDIX: The First and Second ConfiscationActs 137 NOTES 141 INDEX 157 1 This page intentionally left blank ...

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