Three times, maybe for at most. And when they finally did, they spent their time together locked in political combat. One was a proud and brilliant radical. An advocate for Racial Justice who ran out of patience with the status quo. The other was an ingenious master of the arts of compromise, exquisite political timing, leading when necessary from behind. One would save the union and slowly cure its major defect slavery. The other would free all slaves immediately, even if it meant destroying slavery and the union together. They expressed their views with uncommon eloquence, two of the most famous orders in orators in an age that prized oratory. They developed a mutual respect, and ultimately, genuine mutual admiration. Two great men, whose furious dissidents and pursuit of what ended up as common goals made both of them greater. Abraham lincoln and Frederick Douglass. As these early photographs show, they not only had compelling platforms but unforgettable faces. No one who met either
March. Three days before the march he is saying we want to march and grant says no. I know they wanted to march. I think if they would have been allowed to march america would have seen them marching down pennsylvania avenue at a special time in the wake of the death of president lincoln at a time when the country was forming its opinion of a new nation. They took them out and gave the impression that our men didnt do anything worthy of note. We wanted to correct that wrong. It took years of suffering to correct that wrong. Im pleased to do that today. May we continue to prosper in this great country. The 150th anniversary of the civil war is over. How do people like yourself and historians and the public move forward now . Well you know, i feel like the young people who were standing at a place called camp barker four or six blocks from here waiting on president Abraham Lincoln to see them in 1862. Brady makes a photograph of them behind is slavery. Ahead is freedom. They dont know wh
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