America’s Civil War Book Review: The Civil War in 50 Objects

The Civil War in 50 Objects  Harold Holzer and the New-York Historical Society Penguin 2013, $36 The Civil War in 50 Objects with an item conveying the significance of antebellum slavery begins and Abraham Lincoln’s response to it (a pair of slave shackles) and ends with a piece illuminating Lincoln’s role in shaping legal emancipation …

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