The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson PB_Gift_Guide More in the Series

More in the Series

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The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson PB_Gift_Guide More in the SeriesRobert S. Levine foregrounds the viewpoints of Black Americans on Reconstruction in his absorbing account of the struggle between the great orator Frederick Douglass and President Andrew Johnson. When Andrew Johnson assumed the presidency after Abraham Lincoln's assassination, the country was on the precipice of radical change. Johnson, seemingly more progressive than Lincoln, looked like the ideal person to lead the country. He had already cast