Douglass And Lincoln

How A Revolutionary Black Leader & A Reluctant Liberator Struggled To End Slavery & Save The Union

BY PAUL AND STEPHEN KENDRICK

Brief Description:
The influence Douglass and Lincoln had on each other and on the nation altered the course of slavery and the outcome of the Civil War. Although Abraham Lincoln deeply opposed the existence of slavery, he saw his mission throughout much of the Civil War as preserving the Union, with or without slavery. Frederick Douglass, a former slave, passionately believed the war's central mission to be the total abolition of slavery. During their meetings between 1863 & 1865, and through reading each other's writings, they managed to forge a strong, mutual understanding and respect that helped convince Lincoln the war could not be truly won without black soldiers and permanent emancipation.

Walker 2008 306 PP. Paper

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