John Stauffer: "Giants"

John Stauffer: "Giants"

President Abraham Lincoln needed abolitionist Frederick Douglass to help save the Union. Douglass needed Lincoln to end slavery. How the views of the two self-made men converged and transformed our country

President Abraham Lincoln needed abolitionist Frederick Douglass to help save the Union. Douglass needed Lincoln to end slavery. How the views of the two self-made men converged and transformed our country

Guests

John Stauffer

Chairman of the History of American Civilization Program and professor of English and African American Studies at Harvard University.

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