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The Emancipation Proclamation
While the Union and Confederacy were engaged in a bloody war, President Abraham Lincoln signed an important document, which he had often agonized over, the Emancipation Proclamation. His decision freed all the slaves in those areas of the United States still in rebellion. The author asks the reader what they would do if faced with the important decisions that were made during the Civil War.
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This series provides a valuable lesson for elementary school-age readers, a chance to experience how political decisions are made and to develop their decision-making skills through the experience of others in history. The award-winning author of The Emancipation Proclamation allows readers to walk in the shoes of President Abraham Lincoln and to understand the process he went through when he ended slavery and changed the course of U.S. history.
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