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An alliance between two giants: Frederick Douglass turns from critic to adviser, friend of Abraham Lincoln.(Saturday)(The Civil War)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 19990918
Author:Scott, Neil

One wintry day in December 1863, Frederick Douglass found himself sitting across from President Abraham Lincoln, a seemingly surprising meeting.

Douglass, after all, had supported one of Lincoln's opponents in the 1860 election because he believed Lincoln to be weak on slavery. Even after Lincoln was elected, Douglass crisscrossed the country delivering unremitting criticisms.

Now, more than 130 years later, Douglass' criticisms of Lincoln are quoted frequently, to the neglect of his overwhelmingly positive public assessments of Lincoln after the assassination. These ...

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