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Have you met Frederick Douglass?
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Mr. Douglass.
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I understand you were at Antietam.
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A great and a terrible day.
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I could use your help.
:11:28
The governor´s proposing to raise
a regiment of Negro soldiers.
:11:31
No, it was not just my idea.
Mr. Douglass has--
:11:35
We´ll offer pride and dignity
to those who´ve known only degradation.
:11:40
Coloured soldiers, Rob.
Just think of it!
:11:43
Wonderful.
:11:44
I´ve submitted your name
to be commissioned...
:11:46
...colonel of the 54th
Massachusetts lnfantry.
:11:56
Thank you, governor, that´s....
:11:59
That´s a wonderful idea.
:12:04
Excuse me.
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Well done, Shaw.
:12:12
-Splendid job, young man.
-Bravo, Robert.
:12:33
What´s the matter, Chester?
:12:35
Too much punch?
:12:40
I mean, I know how much you´d like to be
a colonel, but a coloured regiment?
:12:49
You know how unpopular
that would be...
:12:51
...handing out guns to 1 ,000 coloureds?