The President And The Freedom Fighter: The Inspiring Story Of Abraham Lincoln And Frederick Douglass’s Final Meeting

The following is an exclusive excerpt from THE PRESIDENT AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTER: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America’s Soul by Brian Kilmeade, available November 2. 

A Final Meeting

At the urging of Black friends, Frederick Douglass went to the White House that evening. Inspired by Lincoln’s speech, he felt himself “a man among men” and ignored the taboo that forbade mingling with Whites at a presidential reception. He decided that “a colored man [might] offer his congratulations to the president.”