The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Free Audiobook Download by Robert S. Levine

This audiobook is based on the book, The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. It follows the story of Robert S. Levine, a young lawyer who arrives in Washington and is hired by President Johnson to defend him against impeachment.

Robert S. Levine wrote this book on the subject of Reconstruction and how it could have been a much better time for African-Americans if Andrew Johnson hadn't failed to work with the new group of people who were fighting for their rights. He goes over the promises made by President Johnson, how that ended up not happening, and why Reconstruction should have been a big win for the country.

This is a riveting audiobook and an excellent history lesson on Reconstruction. To listen to the book, visit Audible.com or Amazon.

Reconstruction is a complicated and controversial event made more so by the intractable nature of the institution it created, the Freedmen.

The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson presents the idea that vast changes in United States society during Reconstruction were not successful. The book argues that they did not meet their objectives of cooperating between northern and southern blacks and white elites, as well as supporting the Republican Party's goals of democracy.

Unwilling to wait for the progress of Reconstruction as it was happening, President Andrew Johnson used his power to force the South back onto the old plantation economy. But Reconstruction failed in spite of this, because the people in the North and South didn't want it.