The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul
Book by Brian Kilmeade
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Publisher : Sentinel (October 25, 2022) Language : English Paperback : 320 pages ISBN-10 : 052554058X ISBN-13 : 978-0525540588 Item Weight : 10.3 ounces Dimensions : 5.46 x 0.8 x 8.17 inches Best Sellers Rank: #11,513 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #8 in U.S. Civil War History #9 in American Civil War Biographies (Books) #36 in US Presidents , NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates turns to two other heroes of the nation: Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. In The President and the Freedom Fighter , Brian Kilmeade tells the little-known story of how two American heroes moved from strong disagreement to friendship, and in the process changed the entire course of history. Abraham Lincoln was White, born impoverished on a frontier farm. Frederick Douglass was Black, a child of slavery who had risked his life escaping to freedom in the North. Neither man had a formal education, and neither had had an easy path to influence. No one would have expected them to become friends—or to transform the country. But Lincoln and Douglass believed in their nation’s greatness. They were determined to make the grand democratic experiment live up to its ideals. Lincoln’s problem: he knew it was time for slavery to go, but how fast could the country change without being torn apart? And would it be possible to get rid of slavery while keeping America’s Constitution intact? Douglass said no, that the Constitution was irredeemably corrupted by slavery—and he wanted Lincoln to move quickly. Sharing little more than the conviction that slavery was wrong, the two men’s paths eventually converged. Over the course of the Civil War, they’d endure bloodthirsty mobs, feverish conspiracies, devastating losses on the battlefield, and a growing firestorm of unrest that would culminate on the fields of Gettysburg. As he did in George Washington's Secret Six , Kilmeade has transformed this nearly forgotten slice of history into a dramatic story that will keep you turning the pages to find out how these two heroes, through their principles and patience, not only changed each other, but made America truly free for all. Read more
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I was so intrigued by the title that I bought this wonderful history of these two great, evolving leaders of our nation's history told in a way that not only left me anxious to read the 'next' chapter but in a way that illuminated history that I thought I knew, unfolding nuances and hidden purposes of these two great thinkers and political movers. I've read nearly the entire Bruce Catton series on the Civil War, all of Fredrick Douglass' autobiographies, and several Lincoln histories, too, not to mention the many videos by recognized historian documentarians. This little book makes them all come together in a way that makes one dare to think that we have so much we must do, we are still able to do to bring their shared dream of equality and humanity into that great whole righteousness of Christianity and brotherhood, of love for one another, as friends able to share and discuss pathways, even with our differences, to achieve these supremely honorable common goals.
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