{"product_id":"the-emancipation-proclamation-the-lincoln-decree-that-turned-the-civil-war-into-a-revolution-for-freedom-9798198459625","title":"The Emancipation Proclamation: The Lincoln Decree That Turned the Civil War Into a Revolution for Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Eva Myers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Social History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed a document that did not just free the enslaved. It changed what America was willing to fight for.\u003cbr\u003eMost people know the name. Few people know the full story. Behind the Emancipation Proclamation lies a web of military failure, calculated timing, legal precision, and extraordinary human courage that most history books barely scratch the surface of.\u003cbr\u003eWhat you are about to discover will change how you see one of the most debated documents in American history. This was not simply a moral gesture from a president with a conscience. It was a war measure, deliberately framed, legally grounded, and strategically timed to strike at the economic backbone of a rebellion that had proven far harder to break than anyone had anticipated.\u003cbr\u003eWhy did Lincoln wait months before issuing it? Why did it free enslaved people in Confederate states but leave slavery untouched in five loyal states? And why did Jefferson Davis call it an admission of weakness while Ulysses S. Grant called it a powerful ally?\u003cbr\u003eInside this book, you will discover the two pieces of legislation that quietly gave Lincoln the authority to act, the battlefield moment that gave him the timing, the razor-sharp analysis Frederick Douglass published before the ink was even dry, and the hundreds of thousands of men and women who answered the proclamation's call and became active participants in their own liberation.\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of a nation that changed the meaning of its own war in the middle of fighting it.\u003cbr\u003eWhether you are a history enthusiast, a student of American politics, or someone who wants to understand how legal power, moral courage, and military strategy collide at a turning point in history, this book was written for you.\u003cbr\u003eThe proclamation declared freedom. The real story is what it took to make that declaration mean something.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890507464855,"sku":"9798198459625","price":1177.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798198459625.webp?v=1781180302","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-emancipation-proclamation-the-lincoln-decree-that-turned-the-civil-war-into-a-revolution-for-freedom-9798198459625","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}