“In Grant the Negro found a protector, the Indian a friend, a vanquished foe a brother, an imperiled nation a savior.” —Frederick Douglass
Thursday, April 27th, was the 200th anniversary of Ulysses S. Grant’s birth. Grant was one of America’s greatest generals, Presidents, and diplomats. Yet, today, he is almost universally dismissed by Ivy League historians as one of America’s worst presidents, and during his life he was vilified and slandered by representatives of the New York and Boston elite.
