The President and the Freedom Fighter

The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul by Brian Kilmeade
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book definitely fills in some holes that my high school history textbook glossed over. I had no idea Lincoln was so political, that while he didn't believe in slavery personally, he still didn't think of Blacks as equals (or friends until much later). And while I had heard about Fredrick Douglass I didn't know many details of his personal life, or that Black troops played such an important role in the Civil War, and that Douglass was a pivotal person in their formation and recruitment. Well-written and eye-opening.

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