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Forever Free: the story of the Emancipation Proclamation

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57181932


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Title

Forever Free: the story of the Emancipation Proclamation

Collection

The Black Experience in Children's Books: Selections from Augusta Baker's Bibliographies

Names

Sterling, Dorothy, 1913-2008 (Author)
Crichlow, Ernest, 1914-2005 (Illustrator)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1963
Edition: [1st ed.]
Place: Garden City, N.Y
Publisher: Doubleday

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 973.7-S (Sterling, D. Forever free)

Subjects

United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln) -- Emancipation Proclamation
Slavery -- United States
Antislavery movements -- United States

Genres

Books
Children'S Literature
Illustrations

Physical Description

Extent: 208 p. illus. 22 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

Library of Congress Control Number: 63007691 /L/AC/r873
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR3872611-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11735147
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2cdad020-7cfc-0134-06cb-00505686a51c

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Text
Still Image

Date Issued

1963

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Forever Free: the story of the Emancipation Proclamation" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1963. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2cdad020-7cfc-0134-06cb-00505686a51c

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1963). Forever Free: the story of the Emancipation Proclamation Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2cdad020-7cfc-0134-06cb-00505686a51c

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Forever Free: the story of the Emancipation Proclamation" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2cdad020-7cfc-0134-06cb-00505686a51c

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