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`He had an oath in heaven' Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln
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Frederick Douglass may have been born a slave, but he was not one
to pay undue deference to any man, not even the president of the
United States.
Douglass -- who died 100 years ago today -- was a great leader
and a brilliant orator who was rarely afforded the same standing as
his white counterparts. Abraham Lincoln was the exception. He
invited Douglass to his Inaugural reception at the White House, where
Lincoln referred to him as "my friend." He once told Douglass:
"there is no man in the country whose opinion I value more than
yours."
Yet Douglass had no illusions about the 16th president. ...
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