The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery PoliticsW. W. Norton & Company, 2011 M02 7 - 352 páginas "A great American tale told with a deft historical eye, painstaking analysis, and a supple clarity of writing.”—Jean Baker “My husband considered you a dear friend,” Mary Todd Lincoln wrote to Frederick Douglass in the weeks after Lincoln’s assassination. The frontier lawyer and the former slave, the cautious politician and the fiery reformer, the President and the most famous black man in America—their lives traced different paths that finally met in the bloody landscape of secession, Civil War, and emancipation. Opponents at first, they gradually became allies, each influenced by and attracted to the other. Their three meetings in the White House signaled a profound shift in the direction of the Civil War, and in the fate of the United States. James Oakes has written a masterful narrative history, bringing two iconic figures to life and shedding new light on the central issues of slavery, race, and equality in Civil War America. |
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... later it takes some work to grasp the distinction between antislavery politics and radical reform. Abraham Lincoln understood the distinction, and so did Frederick Douglass.Although he never mentioned Douglass by name,from the time of ...
... later it takes some work to grasp the distinction between antislavery politics and radical reform. Abraham Lincoln understood the distinction, and so did Frederick Douglass.Although he never mentioned Douglass by name,from the time of ...
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... later one of the society's members vividly recalled his friend's youthful ambition. “I have not forgotten a remark you made . . .” wrote William Lloyd,“in a Debate one night you told me you never meant to stop until you got into the ...
... later one of the society's members vividly recalled his friend's youthful ambition. “I have not forgotten a remark you made . . .” wrote William Lloyd,“in a Debate one night you told me you never meant to stop until you got into the ...
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... later support for revolutionary violence. By 1852 he was publicly declaring that the “only way to make the Fugitive Slave Law a dead letter is to make half a dozen or more dead kidnappers.”7 Fugitive slaves who killed their would-be cap ...
... later support for revolutionary violence. By 1852 he was publicly declaring that the “only way to make the Fugitive Slave Law a dead letter is to make half a dozen or more dead kidnappers.”7 Fugitive slaves who killed their would-be cap ...
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... later Douglass published an editorial announcing his “change of opinion.” He recited Gerrit Smith's doctrine to the letter:The Constitution must be read in light of its Preamble, promising universal freedom, especially since there was ...
... later Douglass published an editorial announcing his “change of opinion.” He recited Gerrit Smith's doctrine to the letter:The Constitution must be read in light of its Preamble, promising universal freedom, especially since there was ...
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... later,in late September,Douglass showed up at the national convention of the Liberty Party,where he served as vice president.The convention nominated William Goodell for President and Gerrit Smith for Congress. Douglass threw himself ...
... later,in late September,Douglass showed up at the national convention of the Liberty Party,where he served as vice president.The convention nominated William Goodell for President and Gerrit Smith for Congress. Douglass threw himself ...
Contenido
I Have Always Hated Slavery | 39 |
I Cannot Support Lincoln | 87 |
0 | 105 |
4 | 133 |
5 | 173 |
6 | 209 |
7 | 247 |
For Further Reading | 289 |
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