From his wiki article. "His example and persuasion helped convince President Abraham Lincoln to accept African-American soldiers into the Union Army and the Navy."
The dude made an impact on Lincoln, so yeah, why haven't we gotten anything for this dude?
AkumaRicky on August 19th, 2018 at 12:00 UTC »
From his wiki article. "His example and persuasion helped convince President Abraham Lincoln to accept African-American soldiers into the Union Army and the Navy."
The dude made an impact on Lincoln, so yeah, why haven't we gotten anything for this dude?
themanyfaceasian on August 19th, 2018 at 12:06 UTC »
I really want to know what happened in between his birth and stealing the confederate ship
meep_meep_mope on August 19th, 2018 at 12:28 UTC »
He didn't just buy any house, he's bought his former slave master's house and allowed the wife to continue living there.
Edit: good podcast on the subject.