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Why Frederick Douglass Despised, Then Loved Abraham Lincoln

The Friendship of Lincoln and Douglass When Mary Todd Lincoln was gathering her belongings to leave the White House after the death of her husband, she decided to give his favorite walking cane to a man she knew the martyred … Continue reading

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