The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
- ISBN-10
- 1324004754
- ISBN-13
- 9781324004752
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Author
- Robert S. Levine
Description
Robert 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.
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