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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... Douglass wrote , the moment when he had in his own mind ceased to be a slave . He recounted the story of the fight with the skill and gusto of a gifted sportswriter , compelling the reader to root for the underdog and cheer his victory ...
... Douglass wrote , the moment when he had in his own mind ceased to be a slave . He recounted the story of the fight with the skill and gusto of a gifted sportswriter , compelling the reader to root for the underdog and cheer his victory ...
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... Douglass's provocative reassertions of the Garrisonian line . Indeed , it was Douglass's orthodoxy rather than his apostasy that raised eye- brows back home . In a farewell speech to the British people Douglass extended the argument of ...
... Douglass's provocative reassertions of the Garrisonian line . Indeed , it was Douglass's orthodoxy rather than his apostasy that raised eye- brows back home . In a farewell speech to the British people Douglass extended the argument of ...
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... Douglass gone this far toward invoking the legacy of the American Revolution. He even defended his criticism of the United States as an act of patriotism. The “best friend of a nation,” Douglass wrote, “is he who most faithfully rebukes ...
... Douglass gone this far toward invoking the legacy of the American Revolution. He even defended his criticism of the United States as an act of patriotism. The “best friend of a nation,” Douglass wrote, “is he who most faithfully rebukes ...
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... Douglass's most significant mentor . Smith was a wealthy benefactor of various reform movements ; his cash contributions kept Douglass's newspaper afloat in the critical early years . He lived in nearby Petersboro , New York , and ...
... Douglass's most significant mentor . Smith was a wealthy benefactor of various reform movements ; his cash contributions kept Douglass's newspaper afloat in the critical early years . He lived in nearby Petersboro , New York , and ...
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... Douglass faced a question familiar to all radical reformers. How could he build a coalition of voters broad enough to win elections without compromising his deepest antislavery principles? Douglass felt most at home in the Liberty Party ...
... Douglass faced a question familiar to all radical reformers. How could he build a coalition of voters broad enough to win elections without compromising his deepest antislavery principles? Douglass felt most at home in the Liberty Party ...
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2 | 87 |
This Thunderbolt Will Keep | 133 |
5 | 173 |
My Friend Douglass | 209 |
7 | 247 |
For Further Reading | 289 |
Acknowledgments | 305 |
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