Voices of the Civil War Episode 19: "Douglass and Lincoln"

By August 1863, African American soldiers within the Union Army had proven themselves in battles such as Port Hudson, Milliken's Bend and Fort Wagner. On August 9, 1863, abolitionist and orator, Frederick Douglass met with President Abraham Lincoln to discuss his concerns in regards to the fair treatment and equal pay of African American soldiers within the Union Army. Douglass discussed three concerns with President Lincoln and Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, without resolve. On the same day as Frederick Douglass' visit to the White House, President Lincoln wrote to Union General Ulysses S. Grant to express his favor in using black troops in the war.

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R.I.P. 777.

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Grant was NOT anti-Abolition. He himself freed a slave given to him by his slave-holding father-in-law in 1859 in S. Louis when he could have easily sold him for $1000.... the ultimate test of Grant's character. He could have taken the 1000 bucks from an easy sale when he really needed it, but he freed his slave instead.

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