it includes a local hero william garrison whose conventionally known as the leader of the antislavery movement that was headquartered here in boston. he did a much better job than francis wright at the kind of intersectional and coalition work i'm interested in this book. also you'll find chance additional us and socialists on utopian communes, polyamorous vegans, and another thing i want to emphasize is that this growing culture of dissent was met in this moment by a really reactionary mainstream opposition that as people started to articulate a real resistance to the way things were, we say huge backlash and its in that conflict that i start, that a see them as drivers of history rather than just as responders. the second half of the book is all about the civil war and reconstruction which was obviously a real watershed moment in national history, but it also about how it transformed these activists that i'm writing about as well. for instance, people who had been really principled pacifists, for example, came to condone violence or even to participate in violence. there was a very,

in terms of these actual political movements many of the most inspirational leaders like william garrisonstance, succeeded where fanny wright failed in that he was able to position himself as a megaphone for the black community in boston. he picks up the work they were already doing and when he started his newspaper the liberator which was the most groundbreaking radical newspaper of the century most of the early subscribers were african-american many of the contributors were african americans and he also will, he really brought people in step two champion women join the movement but not only that, in leadership positions and he was going to see had this kind of far-reaching insistence on human rights not just a single issue of slavery but human rights and he was willing to do things like sit in silence and protest of any antislavery convention that didn't allow women to be speak as delegates he was considered the most important abolitionist leader in the world but he would just sit there and not speak and people would try to applaud him into saying something that he would not he would si

all the president was looking for how -- he wasxact, jeanl adams or william loyd garrison, the formereking of corruption -- judy: a little historyless sornings thank you. >> and we found out in phil rucker and carol stableook in "stable genius" that the president goes the sfretary state so we've got to get rid of the unfair practice act. we have to be able to bribe. this is the avenging angel of corruption. that no one has exploited. >> they love that act for every c.e.o. they dono want to. they love the law. judy: well, we're learning more. and the book, you're rights getting a lot of attention. we look toe interviewing the authors in a few days. while all this is going don anwhile there's a contest for democratic nomination for president. we mention iowa caucuses cing up in just over two weeks. there was a among six of the democrats. what do we learn from the contest from this? what do we learn from the mpaigns? >> a strong biden performance in we -- e got through it. >> that's not a high standard. >> but all he needed. [laughter] >> it's like your first date. oh, i g throu it. but

the president was alays looking for -- he was actually the jane adams of william lloyd garrison, the seeking corruption. >> woodruff: little history lesson, thank you. carol rennic's book stable in genius, that the president goes to the secretary of state and ys we have to get rid the foreign practices act because that's unfair to countri because we have to be able to bribe. this is the asjenging angel of anti-corruption, so that one's sort of exposed. >> which is weird because every c.e.o. you talk to they love that act because itgives them an excuse not to bribe andhe don't want to do it and they love the law. we're learning more and the boog tting a lot of attention. we look to be interviewing the authors in a few dys. while this is all going on, david, by the way, there's a ntest of the democratic nomition for president, and we mention iowa caucuses coming up in a lilt over two weeks. there was another debate this week among six of the democrats. what do we learnut abhe contest from this and the candidates? >> we had a spat at the endbe betweeie sanders and elizabeth bernie and h

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garrison was jubilant. however, fort fisher's commander, colonel william lamb, did not share that joyful attitude. lamb was sure, he said, the northern forces would be back and soon. colonel lamb's solemn prediction was shared by general william henry chase whiting who had been the confederate commander of the cape fear region until the eve of the federal attack. whiting had graduated from west point in the class of 1841 with a scholastic record that would not be surpassed until the graduation of douglas macarthur more than 60 years later. in the pre-war u.s. army, whiting had been seen as a rising star in the army engineering corps. his family was from the north but when war came, he chose to serve the south. in confederate service, he had risen in rank rapidly from major to general in six months. whiting had been at the opening shots in charleston, promoted on the field at first manassas, made brigade commander by the seven days campaign. chase whiting seemed destined for war-time glory, and then his fortunes suddenly crashed. whiting's troubles began when he offended confederate president jeffe