Berlin uses letters, personal testimonies, official transcripts and other records to unravel the history of emancipation, explaining how people with little power and few weapons secured freedom. Vividly demonstrating how emancipation transformed the lives of both black and white people, this volume represents a collection of some of the most remarkable correspondence ever written. Edited by legendary author Ira Berlin.
- ISBN10 1565841204
- ISBN13 9781565841208
- Publish Date 8 July 2007 (first published 6 January 1993)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The New Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 608
- Language English