he was discovered by william lloyd garrison's society. they invited him to an event on nantucket island. he gave his first abolitionist speech. he was so effective at telling his other than personal story as a slave, that the garrisons hired him and took him on the road. was probably the most sought-after abolitionist speaker on the entire northern circuit. >> we have lots of folks waiting on the line to talk to you professor blight. let's hear from david. welcome. >> caller: hello, professor blight. thank you so much. i would absolutely have to agree with you on the importance of frederick douglass. i always considered that douglas was a member of a triumph vert of people who helped define america's reconstruction. i would be anxious to learn, to be the person waking in the political severe, and douglass in the severe. can you comment how douglass may have interacted with two people. we know that president grant was a great proponent as a president to try to elevate it? >> well, that's a very effective way of putting it. lincoln and mili

also paul martin says the abolitionist william lloyd garrison. so we'll take your phone calls, as well. robert krick joins us from the rye bra library of virginia. your nomination was thomas stonewall jackson. outside of 9 south the south, h mon known was jackson? >> he was barely known in the south and probably pot at all in the north. the impact seems to be a consequence of the explosion as though on a catapult to fame. the impact went from nothing to a great deal. and that is part of my case in making him the man of the year for 1862. he gave the south the opportunity to look for some success and find a good bit of it later this 1862. they had had none, not a hint of success until jackson. a little bit in march, but mostly then may and june of 1862 in virginia shenandoah valley. won victories that were of some consequence. they had some substance, but they were not as important as actual fact as they were in the minds on both sides about the new nation having a life, having some potential, having some capacity to succeed. >> toward the end of

he was discovered by william lloyd garrison's massachusetts's anti-slavery society. they vited him out to a big rally on nantucket island in august of 1841. he's only three years out of slavery. and there he gave his first public abolitionist speech. he was so talented, so effective at telling his own personal story as a slave that the garrisonians hired him, took him on the road and within a couple of years, he was probably the most sought after and famous abolitionist speaker on the entire northern circuit. >> we have lots of folks waiting on the line to talk to you, professor blight. it's hearer from david in pennington, new jersey. welcome. >> hello, professor. thank you so much. i absolutely have to agree with you on the importance of frederick douglasss. i've always considered that douglass was one of the great triumph vir rat of people who helped to define american reconstruction, and i would be very anxious to learn, i always considered grant to be the person in the military sphere, lincoln in the political sphere, and douglass in the moral sphere. can you co

also paul martin says the abolitionist william lloyd garrison. we'll look at a couple of those and take your phone calls, as well. robert crick joins us from the library of virginia in richmond. robert crick, your nomination was thomas stonewall jackson. outside of the south in 1862, how well-known was stonewall jackson? >>. >> '62 began, he was barely known in the south and probably not at all in the north and the impact that he made in 1862 seems to me to be in large part eight consequence of that explosion as though on a cat at that time put to fame. his impact on the year in the minds of southerners and of northerners both the soldiers in the field and the civilians at home on both sides of the river went from nothing to i an great deal and that is part of my case in making him the man of the year for 1862. he gave the south the opportunity to look for some success and find a good bit of it later in 1862. they had had non, not i an tincture of success until jackson a little bit in march but mostly may and june in 1862 in the virginia shenando

african methodist methodist episcopal bishop, boston, 100th anniversary of the by the way of william lloyd garrison so it had a boston, anti-slavery legacy that this gathering was celebrating. 1905, think of the date. this is what the reverend said. i quote him -- we would see the wounds left by the war of the rebellion healed. he might have been causing trouble by calling it the war of the rebellion. anyway, healed, but we would have them healed so effectually that they could not be ready toed upon and made to bleed afresh by inhuman barbaridies. we would have the wounds of this nation bound up by the hands of those who are friendly to the patient. so that they might not remain a political running sore. we would have the bitter hanories of the war effaced but before the walks before the nation in a new guise. we, too, who have a reunited country but we would have the reunion to include, not only white men north and south, but a union so endearing because so just as to embrace all of our countrymen regardless of section or race. >> i'm not sure if you can follow each one of those by the african-ame

this trunk was owned by george garrison who was the son of the abolitionist william lloyd garrison and he served as an officer in the 55th massachusetts the companion unit to the famo and i think that being able to make sure that we're telling the full richness of the story from a variety ofperspectives this trunk allows us do just that. not only a historical will sick trunk but to use the scholarly term pretty cool. to get a sense of thinking about army life what you put in here, you in essence put in all of who you are, and this is what you carry with us. this is a great case that's going to allow us help people real understand what life was like during the civil wear this story of the african-american experience is both a story of resiliency and achievement but it's also a of e hard parts of exploring this ate who were at the worst tended to be other americans. and so that to interpret this because americans aren't used to being the bad guys. one of the things that's powerful is objects like this that convey the sort of strong anti-black sentiment. this is a ku klux klan banner om t

methodist bishop in 1905, nathaniel hall in boston, the 100th anniversary of the birth of william lloyd garrison, it had a very prominent boston anti-slavery legacy that this gathering was celebrating. 1905, think of the date, and this is what the reverend ransom said. i quote him, we would see the wounds left by the war of the rebellion healed. he already might have been causing trouble by calling it the wars of rebellion. but anyway, healed. but we would have them healed so effectually they could not be tr trotted upon with unjust legislation. we would have the wounds of this nation bound up by the hands of those who are friendly to the patient so that they might not remain a political running sole. we would have the bitter memories of the war effaced, but they cannot fade while the spirit of slavery walks before the nation in a new guise, we too would have a reunited country. but we would have the reunion to include not only white men in the north and south, but a union so endearing so just as to embrace all of our country men regardless of sections or race. now i'm not sure you could follow

this trunk was owned by george garrison, who was the son of the abolitionist william lloyd garrison and he served as an officer in the 55th massachusetts which was the companion unit to the more famous 54. and i think that being able to make sure that we're telling the full richness of the story from a variety of perspectives, this kind of trunk allows us to do just that. not only is it a historically significant trunk, but it's, to use a scholarly term, pretty cool. and so to get a sense of thinking about army life, what you put in here. you in essence put in all of who you are, your belongings, your clo clothing and so this is what you carry with you. and so this is a great case that will help people really understand what it was like during the era of the civil war. this story of the african-american experience is both a story of resiliency and achievement, but it's also a story of struggle. and one of the hard parts of exploring this history is that often the people who were at the worst tended to be other americans. and so that makes it hard to interpret this, because americans are