Author Talk: Brothers in Spirit, Gerrit Smith and Frederick Douglass

Norm Dann’s new book, Brothers in Spirit, tells the story of the strong friendship and political partnership between Gerrit Smith and Frederick Douglass, two leading American abolitionists. Dann explains how their relationship grew in the late 1840s from shared respect into a close bond that helped change the anti-slavery and civil rights movements.

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