They were the pre-eminent self-made men of their time. Abraham Lincoln was born dirt poor, had less than one year of formal schooling and became the nation's greatest President. Frederick Douglass spent the first twenty years of his life as a slave, had no formal schooling - his masters forbade him to read or write - and became one of the nation's greatest writers and activists. At a time when most whites would not let a black man cross their threshold, Lincoln met Douglass three times at the White House. Their friendship was based on usefulness: Lincoln recognised that he needed Douglass to help him destroy the Confederacy and preserve the Union; Douglass realised that Lincoln's shrewd sense of public opinion would serve his own goal of freeing the nation's blacks.
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Through stressing that Lincoln and Douglass were both preeminent self-made men in American history and “led strikingly parallel lives”, Stauffer argues that they “genuinely liked and admired each other” because of their mutual affection and respect from the similarities. And the interracial and utilitarian friendship made them come together.
評分Through stressing that Lincoln and Douglass were both preeminent self-made men in American history and “led strikingly parallel lives”, Stauffer argues that they “genuinely liked and admired each other” because of their mutual affection and respect from the similarities. And the interracial and utilitarian friendship made them come together.
評分Through stressing that Lincoln and Douglass were both preeminent self-made men in American history and “led strikingly parallel lives”, Stauffer argues that they “genuinely liked and admired each other” because of their mutual affection and respect from the similarities. And the interracial and utilitarian friendship made them come together.
評分Through stressing that Lincoln and Douglass were both preeminent self-made men in American history and “led strikingly parallel lives”, Stauffer argues that they “genuinely liked and admired each other” because of their mutual affection and respect from the similarities. And the interracial and utilitarian friendship made them come together.
評分Through stressing that Lincoln and Douglass were both preeminent self-made men in American history and “led strikingly parallel lives”, Stauffer argues that they “genuinely liked and admired each other” because of their mutual affection and respect from the similarities. And the interracial and utilitarian friendship made them come together.
Giants 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載