The Radical and the Republican

President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were opponents who became close friends. Although their views and methods differed, Douglass had the President’s ear and could give him advice on recruiting African Americans to win the Civil War, emancipation, and how to treat freed slaves. They met inside of the White House three times. Douglass was fortunate to congratulate Lincoln in person at his second Inaugural Ball, just six weeks before the president was assassinated. This book was written by a CUNY Graduate School history professor who specializes in slavery and the South.