Lucas Morel: Frederick Douglass's Evolving View of Abraham Lincoln
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Lucas Morel discusses Frederick Douglass's evolving view of Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
On this episode of Higher Ed Now, ACTA's Michael Poliakoff hosts Washington & Lee University's John K. Boardman, Jr. Professor of Politics, Lucas Morel . Professor Morel currently serves on the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission and ACTA's National Commission on American History and Civic Education. He has also co-edited the book "Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln," a groundbreaking new volume on how abolitionist Frederick Douglass's view of Abraham Lincoln evolved as America navigated its way through the Civil War and, eventually, to the Emancipation Proclamation. A very special video version of this episode is available on YouTube now!
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