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There was no vain pomp
or ceremony about him. I at once felt myself in
the presence of an honest man. Proceeding to tell him who
I was and what I was doing, he promptly, but kindly,
stopped me, saying, "I know who you are,
Mr. Douglass." Gates:
Without a doubt,
Abraham Lincoln matured in his ideas
about Black people, who and what a Black person was, and there's no doubt that
Douglass played a key role in that transition
or ceremony about him. I at once felt myself in
the presence of an honest man. Proceeding to tell him who
I was and what I was doing, he promptly, but kindly,
stopped me, saying, "I know who you are,
Mr. Douglass." Gates:
Without a doubt,
Abraham Lincoln matured in his ideas
about Black people, who and what a Black person was, and there's no doubt that
Douglass played a key role in that transition
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There was no vain pomp
or ceremony about him.
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I at once felt myself in
the presence of an honest man.
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Proceeding to tell him who
I was and what I was doing,
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he promptly, but kindly,
stopped me, saying,
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"I know who you are,
Mr. Douglass."
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Gates:
Without a doubt,
Abraham Lincoln
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matured in his ideas
about Black people,
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who and what a Black person was,
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and there's no doubt that
Douglass played a key role
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in that transition.
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Movie Summary
Inspired by David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.
