we now know frederick douglas was the most photographed american in the united states. more photographs of separate poses of douglas than lincoln than anyone else. for most of his career as i mentioned last week until 1860 douglas was better known. lincoln is very familiar with douglas's criticism. so he was sensitive to abolitionist --

frederick douglas was someone -- >> not bad dinner company. >> frederick douglas was a frequent guest. susan b. anthony and o.s.b. wahl and his wife amanda wahl were not just civil rights activists, but they were really suffrage activists for the vote for women. so in 1870 this was a time when susan b. anthony was arrested for trying to vote in the congressional election. amanda wahl also was marching to the registrar of voters and demanded to be registered to vote. so susan b. anthony was there, and i think the wahls were embarrassed by one of the o.s.b. wahl's sisters who was an opponent of suffrage for women because she thought it was unfeminine. but o.s.b. wahl, amanda wahl, john mercer langston's wife, carrie wahl langston, they were suffrage activists. >> i read this. when we see these dinner gatherings and just the luminaries of the people that were there, we see a galaxy of activists and people we all know, we see an interracial environment and don't see segregation inside the home. indeed, at one point wahl invites to his home a young man who is a white cousin on the slave si

notably frederick douglas. he worked hard as a recruiter among black soldiers. men of color to arms, that's douglass' line. his notion is you put those brass letters on a black man and there is no question not only has he gotten freedom but citizenship so. for douglass, and for people who think like him, army service is an important -- not just blow against slavery, it's clearly that, but it's a blow on behalf of black equality too. which leads us to the question okay, so if some of them clearly a lot of them, i'll tell you how many, do enlist, and there are a couple of reasons why. some black recruits talk in terms of like white recruits, talk about the revolution and saving the legacy of the founders for free government and representative government. it's not like white soldiers and black soldiers are speaking totally different languages but the war is a crusade against savory, much less of a complicated or problematic issue for black soldiers than for white soldiers. and as douglas in his u.s. black or brass letters of u.s. indicate, black soldiers are far mo

frederick douglas says it is little better than our worst fears. you have read some of the response. he refers to lincoln as double-tongued. because he's elected on a platform to confine slavery where it is. where the public mind shall believe in its extinction. in his essay, douglas is quoting lincoln and endorsing the amendment to guarantee slavery. for douglass and other abolitionists, it's courting the favor of rebels. >> douglass agrees that confederates are rebels. that's the determine that was used. in fact, lincoln never dignifies the confederates referring to them as such. he calls them rebels. the closest is saying throughout the war's so-called confederacy. so-called confederates. to use the term confederates or confederacy legitmates the secession of the government. douglass is saying you're courting the favor of these rebels. as close as frederick douglass ever comes to abandoning his faith and national ideals articulated in the declaration of independence is immediately after reading lincoln's inaugural address. he plans a trip to hai

. >> the 11th street bridge project was designed to correct that, replacing the frederick douglas bridge on south capital street is next. >> the infrastructure within the district, we do our best to take care of it. we have to stop putting band- aids on it and replace it and we are at that point, we need to replace it. >> district transportation officials say they'll be competing for the next round of tiger grants. another $500 million for infrastructure improvements. >> bob, thank you. >>> a traffic alert for bellway drivers. stay away. road crews will close part of the outer loop near the wilson bridge. only one lane between telegraph road will be open through monday. vigils are urging drivers to use alternate routes as they expect major delays. if you stop to fill up, gas prices are dropping. check out the chart from gasbuddy.com. the blue line is the red d.c., shows a steady decline in oil and gas prices. right now, average $3.55 for a gallon of regular. $3.24. joins us now. john, that's good news for us and i hear the news is just going to get better as we go into the rest of the su

frederick douglass was the most photographed american in the united states. more photographs of separate poses of douglass than lincoln than anyone else. for most of his career as i mentioned last week until 1860 douglas was better known. lincoln is very familiar with douglas's criticism. so he was sensitive to abolitionist response. he was also close to charles sumner who was the most abolitionist senator who met with lincoln at the time. there are some that say lincoln managed events. lincoln contradicts saying events controlled me. this is giving a bit away next week, especially. but lincoln came to the conclusion that a union war, his chief aim to pree

frederick douglass is quoting lincoln. yet he is endorsing the constitutional amendment that guarantees slavery in the slave states forever. for douglass and other abolitionists, it's courting the favor of rebels. douglas swrn s certainly agrees that confederates are rebels. that's a term that was used. in fact, lincoln never dignifies the confederates by even referring to them as such. he always calls them rebels. the closest he'll come is saying throughout the war's so-called confederacy, so-called confederates. to use the term confederates or confederacy legitimates the secession of the government. douglas swrns says, you're courting the favor of the rebels. as close as duglass comes to abandoning his faith in national ideals, articulated in the declaration is immediately after reading lincoln's inaugural address. he plans a trip to haiti. he plans to see if, in fact, it is the black republic he's read about. if it is he's going to move there, settle there and encourage other blacks to do the same. with lincoln as president there is no way the nation can come close to achieving national ideals. now he doesn't go to haiti. doesn't go on this trip. anyone know why? ft. sumter. captured in "harper's we