progress takes patience. douglas should have been, rightfully so, angry at the lack of progress, pushing lincoln to move as quickly as possible. at the same time, you have to admire and respect lincoln s patience. brian: the white house look as lot like it did in 1860 when lincoln was president. brian: line up on the porch and hope the president would see you one-on-one. that s what grikd douglas decided to do. he didn t have to wait long. lincoln was smitten with douglas. he knew he was a figure and carried baggage with him politically. he wanted to meet douglas. after the initial meeting. a bond was formed, lincoln released the emancipation proclamation. douglas traveled the nation, recruiting blacks into the army for the first time. the most prolific unit the 454th massachusetts infantry. own success. served in the 54th. i m amazed how important the
ambition. brian: as tough as abraham lincoln s first years were. frederick douglass had it worse. he had to escape to it will his freedom. he would want freedom for himself and freedom for all. once freed from bondage he would continue self-education. esteemed be a littlist. write biography and be a lecturer around the world. as flawed as american was for the african-american. he didn t want another country. he wanted to make his stand here. almost in biblical terms. he saw the promise of america which is hard to do when you are being beaten. so douglas gift was he never left the slave owners own him. brian: began to rise in stature miles apart. america was coming apart. north and south were divergent on the issue of slavery. the status quo would not stand. paving the way for the ener
american flag was. when they were being shot at, the african-american holding the flag doesn t want it to touch the soil because it was so important to the defend our flag because it was defending our nation. lincoln and douglas would meet a total of three of times face to face and together help lincoln win re-election. douglas a special guest at inaugural. the union would go on to win the war, free an entire race from slavery and allow our nation reunite. with so much work left to do together. john wilkes booth assassination robbed frederick douglass of a partner to do that work with and america of its greatest president at a time of our greatest need. frederick douglass out lived abraham lincoln 30 years staying near rochester new york until 1872. major mark on american history came alongside our 16th president. individually, they were great men. together, they were unstoppable.